Martin Galvin

Gabriel Magahey, now an 82-year-old great-grandfather of five, was once labeled the “leader of the IRA in America.” He says the Trump administration is trying to force him out of the country some 37 years after he finished his federal prison sentence and in violation of a deal brokered by President Clinton. He was at Ernie O’Malley’s Pub on East 27th Street on July 9.

Gabriel Magahey, now an 82-year-old great-grandfather of five, was once labeled the “leader of the IRA in America.” He says the Trump administration is trying to force him out of the country some 37 years after he finished his federal prison sentence and in violation of a deal brokered by President Clinton. He was at Ernie O’Malley’s Pub on East 27th Street on July 9. ( Photo: Keith J. Kelly)

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