An Indian couple based here in Ireland have stranded a continent apart from a sick family member because they have been waiting half a year for word on their son’s Irish passport application.

Pooja Sawant, the mother of seven-month old Nevaan, whose passport had been estimated to arrive in mid-December joined Kieran on The Hard Shoulder...

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