Minister sorry for racist 'kebab' remark

Junior Minister Conor Lenihan has been forced to apologise publicly after making a racist remark in the Dáil about Turkish migrant workers.

Minister sorry for racist 'kebab' remark
Wed, 18 May, 2005 - 15:15

Junior Minister Conor Lenihan has been forced to apologise publicly after making a racist remark in the Dáil about Turkish migrant workers.

The Fianna Fáil TD was caught on microphone saying that Socialist Party TD Joe Higgins should "stick to the kebabs", a reference to his campaign on behalf of Gama Construction workers.

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