No culture of racism in gardaí, says Taoiseach

The removal of children from Roma families after their physical features prompted suspicion does not expose institutionalised racism in the gardaí, Taoiseach Enda Kenny has insisted.

In his most pointed intervention yet into the controversy, Mr Kenny cleared the force of harbouring a culture of racist attitudes within its ranks.

“I don’t accept at all that there are any institutionalised racial tendencies in the gardaí,” he said.