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Una Healy's children have been blocked from entering America to see their father, Ben Foden.
The Saturdays singer had handed Aoife, nine, and Tadhg, six, over to their stepmother Jackie Smith Foden after she flew from New York to Dublin to accompany the youngsters on the plane to spend the summer in the US, but after spending hours at the airport, immigration officials refused to let the youngsters travel.
Explaining the situation, American Jackie - whose husband couldn't make the trip himself because he's waiting for his full US citizenship to be granted - wrote on Instagram: 'I currently just spent the past month organising their trips over to the US- getting tickets booked.
Airport drama! Una Healy's children - Aoife, nine, and Tadhg, six - have been blocked from entering America to see their father, Ben Foden
'Hours on the phone with Aer Lingus making sure their stepmother can bring them over and booking their ESTAs. Ben can't travel because he is getting his greencard processed and can't leave the country.
'I take the red eye to Dublin last night. When I checked in at JFK the attendants check on the kids return flights. Everyone was made aware of my plans to turn
