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Thu 09 Sep 2008Campaign rejects claim Obama ignoring concerns of illegal Irish
BARACK OBAMA'S campaign has rejected claims by a leading campaigner for undocumented Irish immigrants that the Democratic presidential candidate is giving a cold shoulder to Irish-American activists and has shown little interest in issues of concern to the community.
Ciarán Staunton, deputy chairman of the Irish Lobby for Immigration Reform, told RTÉ Radio yesterday that Mr Obama's attitude was in marked contrast to that of Republican presidential candidate John McCain, who addressed an Irish American Forum in Scranton, Pennsylvania, this week.
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