Ireland’s oldest illegal alien in America to finally become a U.S. citizen

StevenStar, are you using a Speak and Spell to type your posts? Are you in the slow class in school? Whats with the constant capitals and horrific spelling? Stop making a show of us. Its bad enough having idiots like GeorgeDillon aka WoundedKnee posting as Kev408 on the Independent website pretending to be Irish without having you on here making us look uneducated too.

Republican America is going through it's paranoia phase. Anything that stinks of IMMIGRANT must be eradicated. WHITE AMERICA WHICH DESCENDS FROM EUROPEAN IMMIGRANTS AS YOU WELL KNOW has no mandate ever to dictate tradition in your country.

That poor woman, no matter whether she came from Mars, she was trying to feed grandchildren, yet no help. Ireland might be having it hard just now, but still a king compared to America. As for Americans giving refuge to Irish, who exactly are so called Americans, but a mixed breed of irish, british, italians, chinese etc etc. who took over a land belonging to what whites decided to call " American Indians " This woman should have been treated better whether illegal or not, in a so called civilized country.

There are some stupid comments in this page. America gave a refuge to the Irish when there was no hope here during and after our terrible Civil War. As the son of parents who emigrated to the U.S.A. and later managed to return to Ireland I am grateful to America. The reason the Irish are emigrating again is that there is a recession here, and jobs are available in Canada and Australia.

The season of good will obviously dont apply to this site which seems to attract its over supply of bigots i was hoping for some informed comment but just more of the same from people who have nothing else to offer.

GOD LOVE HER... ILLIGAL ALIEN? YOUD SWEAR SHE CAME FORM THE PLANET MARS... WHAT MAKES ME LAUGH ABOUT THIS IS YOU HAVE LIKE 30MILLION AMERICANS CLAIMING IRISH ANCESTARY AND HAVE THIS POOR OLD LADY BEEN 'LABELLED' AN ALIEN ...ITS EASY TO SEE WHY WE IRISH NOW STICK TO IMMIGRATING TO AUSTRALIA, ENLAND AND LONDON AND CANADA AND TURNED OUR BACKS ON AMERICA YEARS AGO ... GOOD RIDDANCE AND IF I WAS THIS WOMAN ID GET OUTTA GIRL AND COME BACK HOME !!! TWAS THE SORRY DAY YOU MOVED THERE TO THAT LOT !!!

@ballyminger, And is now stuck in the Nut house.

@bostonblakie, not a chance, the Irish that built your country no longer wish to go there. Canada and Australia are a much better choice. What you are turning into is Mexico. Big gasp....(LOL)

now she's in a gun infested looney bin - two can play that game

At least she got out of vatican infested Ireland.

What an incredible story,Josephine was born Limerick in mar 5 months before Michael Collins was shot dead in aug 1922 and lived stateless for almost 90 years of her life,how did she do that,she surely deserves an award for Grit.

Political correctness strikes again. Too many Irish and we might turn into Canada or Australia. (gasp!)

This is great. Now she can buy a gun.

God Bless you Josephine. You show the grit and etermination or an earlier generation of immigrants but there were people who stood and were ready to help you. This is an example, I suppose, of what the dream act could be if applied to all regardless of age.

What a strong woman. I hope she will be able to get her medical needs taken care of now. People that are working hard an faced with the stresses of poverty shouldn't have to fall through the cracks, while corporations keep their subsidies (corporate welfare).