Obama slaps ban on Irish musicians traveling to Cuba

Castro wont let his own people out of their own country, Obama wont let ANYONE in to a country that hes not even from or president of! What a hypocrite!

Cuban-Irish music!..I'm all for it...Great people too..

expatrick..Is correct in his stats..johnymac60 to have credibility here you have to have your fact's right..Google it.

Sucessive U.S. administrations are loathe to allow free travel,it's part of their illegal economic embargo on Cuba.Money brought in by expats would lift their economy by 25% (or better).The U.S. would rather see all Cubans live in poverty, unless they become a vassal state run by American interests.I find it amusing that diners and American express can be used in Cuba.

This is fantastic Cuban-Irish music! Muy bueno!

As an Irish-American Mom of two Cuban- and Irish-American children plus one grandchild I really want to see open travel to and from the US and Cuba. There are many descendents of US and Cubans who are suffering for not being able to visit their home countries and families. Let's speak to our politicians!

@AliceBernadette you cant forget cornwall in england." there are six celtic nations. but if the music sounds celtic then it probably is celtic.

agh Bernadette! For starters you have omitted Brittany in France !

This is the definition of freedom theses days - The U.S. government telling Americans where they are ALLOWED to travel to. Is it any wonder people around the world would like to drop a nuclear bomb on Washington and that most Americans would jump with joy when it happened

"a lively Celtic tradition sustained by immigrants and descendants from Gaelic provinces of northern Spain." There should be more research done before some of these articles are written. There never was any Gaelic provinces in northern Spain. The only countries that qualify as Gaelic are Ireland, Scotland & Isle of Man.

Johnnymac,at the rate Obama is going,one will not have to move to China,Chinese will become the official language in the US.

Well OFAC stole $2000 of my money because the word "CUBAN" was on my document.My Lawyer has tried with no Success to recover.Their replies say nothing but that they are holding my funds.Absolutely Ridiculous.Maybe Obama has found away of recovering the Trillions he is PISSING UP

THE MUSICIANS SHOULD DEFY THE BAN AND GO TO CUBA ! HUNDREDS, THOUSANDS OF AMERICANS DO SO EVERY YEAR --IT'S AN OUTRAGE AND IT'S OBAMA'S POLICY DECISION HERE, NOT BUSH'S.

The inaccurate headline on this article makes Irish Central look like trash news media. The person responsible should be removed.

The troupe should travel to Mexico or Canada and take the flight to Cuba. Travel bans are silly. If Cuba was open to USA travel, it would expedite the country toward an elected and democratic society.