Enda Kenny Offers Condolences Following Orlando Mass Shooting
The Taoiseach says Ireland stands with the United States at this time of immeasurable grief.
Enda Kenny has written a letter to US President Obama, to express his condolences to the victims and families affected by the yesterday's nightclub shooting in Florida.
Mr Kenny also said that words cannot capture the shock and revulsion felt in Ireland towards these senseless killings.
Yesterday's attack marks the 15th time that President Barack Obama has had to respond to a mass shooting in his country.
President Obama says the shooting at a gay nightclub in Orlando was an attack on civil rights:
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