Rachid Redouane lived in Rathmines, Dublin
By Irish Echo Staff
It was supposed to be Enda Kenny’s signing off, a final trade and tourism mission on behalf of Ireland Inc., this one carried out in Chicago.
The weekend London terror attack changed the message, if not the mission.
Mr. Kenny spoke Monday to the fact that one of the London terror attackers, a man identified as Rachid Redouane, had lived in Dublin, apparently up until the end of last year.
Reports stated that Redouane, a native of Morocco, had lived in Rathmines and was married to a Scottish woman.
Speaking in Chicago Mr. Kenny said: "There are a small number of people in Ireland who are being monitored and observed in respect of radicalization and matters relevant to that," he told reporters after delivering an address to the Chicago Council on Global Affairs.
"In this case, these facts are being checked but my understanding is this individual was not a member of that small group."
Mr. Kenny, according to a report by CBS in Chicago, also spoke up for the European Union and its relationship with the United States, this in the face of increasingly strained ties resulting from recent statements made by President Donald Trump
Mr. Kenny, according to the report, said that lecturing one another and engaging in “megaphone diplomacy” would not be effective.
“We should be able to work in a far more constructive fashion together,” the outgoing taoiseach said.
In March, during his visit with President Trump at the White house, Mr. Kenny also spoke forcefully about the merits of the EU and the contribution of Irish immigrants to the United States.
