Leo Varadkar pressured to condemn ‘racist’ remarks made by Fine Gael councillor

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has been urged to condemn “racist” comments made by a Fine Gael councillor, writes Elaine Loughlin.

Limerick councillor Stephen Keary, who is the father-in-law of junior minister Patrick O’Donovan, has defended comments in which he suggested welfare recipients from Eastern Europe see Ireland as “easy pickings”.