Is the Irish American voice as strong as ever in the U.S. or is it waning? We heard from Niall O’Dowd Journalist and founder of Irishcentral.com  and also our own Newstalk Political Correspondent Sean Defoe who is currently in Washington DC as An Taoiseach begins his St Patricks Day visit.

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