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Seamus Culleton
11:21, 20 MAY 2026
Controversial Irish ICE detainee Seamus Culleton still behind bars in the US as lawyer gives update
Seamus Culleton
Kilkenny native Seamus Culleton, who owns a plastering business in Boston, Massachusetts, was arrested and has been in a United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facility in El Paso, Texas, ever since last September.
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Irishman Seamus Culleton gets major deportation update following ICE arrest
Seamus Culleton
Seamus Culleton, an Irishman currently detained by ICE, has received an update in his deportation case as he remains in a facility in El Paso, Texas
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The clock is ticking for Seamus Culleton - every Irish citizen in the US now fears they could suffer the same fate
Seamus Culleton
Time is running out for Irish authorities to step up for its own citizens - the Culleton case isn't inspiring much confidence
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People are taking glee at Seamus Culleton - what happened to him should terrify us all
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
It’s the absolutely worst instinct in any Irishman or woman, to abandon a fellow Irishman to their fate at the hands of a foreign tyrant
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Irish dad detained by ICE slammed by daughter as 'he won't own up to his wrongdoing'
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Speaking today, his estranged daughter Heather Morrissey, 19, told us: 'He won't own up to his wrongdoing and it clearly shows when he doesn't want to express his opinion or feelings on the matter.'
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Last minute deportation drama for Irish ICE detainee as lawyer refuses to comment on 'family matters'
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Seamus Culleton owns a plastering business in Boston, Massachusetts
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Daughter of Irishman detained by ICE in US doesn't believe 'concentration camp' claims
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'I spoke out about it now because he is all over the internet acting the victim and making people believe his lies,' Heather Morrissey told the Irish Mirror
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'We are a nation of law and order' - ICE declares detained Irishman Seamus Culleton violated federal law
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
The Kilkenny man who has been in a Texas detention centre for more than five months overstayed his initial 90-day visitor period back in 2009
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'There is no one like the Irish people': Wife of Irishman detained by ICE tells of husbands pride in being Irish
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
Seamus Culleton's wife Tiffany has said her husband is "extremely proud to be Irish"
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Irishman detained by ICE in Texas overstayed initial 90-day visitor period, says homeland security
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Seamus Culleton is living with 72 other people in a tent in a Texas detention centre
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Irishman shares 'absolute hell' of ICE detention centre after being held for months
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Seamus Culleton has described the nightmarish conditions inside ICE's El Paso detention facility, one he said is made up of tents and barely cleaned toilets
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US official says Irish man’s claims about Ice detention facilities are false
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Mr Culleton is originally from Co Kilkenny but has been living in the US for almost 20 years and is married to a US citizen
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Taoiseach says 'five or six' Irish citizens detained by Ice as Seamus Culleton languishes in Texas facility
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Micheal Martin said the cases “vary in terms of status” but said the Government would do everything it can to help Seamus Culleton
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Top lawyer flags 'clear path' to secure release of Irishman detained by Ice in Texas detention centre
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Colleen Kerwick, a New York-based attorney, said people detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents can file a petition to compel the Government to justify their detention.
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Government aware of 'very small number' of Irish nationals detained by Ice in US
Irish Government
The case of Seamus Culleton, who has been detained by Ice since September, gained national attention after his family raised his situation in the media this week
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Irishman detained by Ice in US for five months begs for release - 'It's torture'
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Seamus Culleton was arrested and detained last September and is still in custody
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