Minister for Foreign Affairs Dermot Ahern is to meet three US congressmen to discuss the peace process and the issue of Irish "illegals" living in America.
Mr Ahern will meet New York Republican Jim Walsh, New York Democrat Brian Higgins and Pennsylvanian Republican Tim Murphy in Ghan House, Carlingford, Co Louth, tomorrow.
Mr Walsh is the chairman of the Friends of Ireland group on Capitol Hill and is the author of the Walsh visa programme introduced in 1998. The programme was aimed at applicants from Northern Ireland and the six Border counties.