“I went up and down to Cairo on the train. I really thought the Irish embassy there would help be but they did not give any result. The only reason they gave was that my passport was too old. I really feel they neglected me, as if I was not worth a penny to them.
“I have even gone to the Italian embassy, the only European embassy in Tripoli, but they said they could not help me.” He is “desperate” now to return to Ireland but cannot enter the country without his Irish passport. He is not eligible for a visa on his Libyan passport. “I am trapped. Here, is not safe for an old man in bad health. I want to see my children again, to tell them I love them before I die.”
His daughter, who did not want to be named, said she had made several efforts to help him. “I obviously can’t go to him. It’s too dangerous. I just can’t understand what the problem is. I don’t want my dad stranded there, not well.”
what he is saying to me, I want to free medical care and a free ride here
is someone listening ?
Jaysus, this sounds like the sort if thing you'd expect from the Home Office in the UK or immigration in the US. Ireland should be, and should aspire to be, better than this.