Coalition is anti-Irish, says councillor

A senior Fianna Fáil councillor said Irish people seeking social housing were being told to “go home to mammy” while non-nationals were getting housed as soon as they “breezed” into the country.

Kevin Sheahan made the remark at a Limerick County Council meeting yesterday as he called on the Government to take a lead from the Conservative party’s anti-immigration policies in the UK.

Fine Gael and Labour members stormed out of the monthly council meeting when Mr Sheahan persisted in his demand for a notice of motion to be sent to the Department of the Environment calling for an Irish-first policy to be drawn up for social housing.