CLAREGALWAYS DANA DENIES SHE KEPT US CITIZENSHIP SECRET

Date Published: 07-Oct-2011

It’s been revealed that Claregalway resident Dana Rosemary Scallon became a US citizen prior to going forward for the 1997 presidential election.

According to today’s Irish Times, Dana’s sister told a court in Iowa in 2008 that a decision was taken not to inform the electorate.

The paper reports that people becoming naturalised US citizens are required to take an oath renouncing their allegiance to all other states.