Barack Obama has refused to support Ireland’s Positive Ageing Week, fearful that his remarks could be seen as an endorsement for the McCain campaign.
The revelation came when Taoiseach Brian Cowen, in New York to address a high-level UN summit in New York, asked the Illinois Senator for ‘a supportive comment, a soundbite, just something to raise the Week’s profile.’
‘We were quite taken aback,’ said Lorraine Dorgan, deputy chief executive of Age Action.
Positive Ageing Week began on Friday and will continue until 4 October.
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