Councillor accuses Republican Party of racist 'St Paddy's Day message'

"To try to demonise your political opponent by using his Irishness is absolutely absurd and it's racist."

A Dublin councillor has taken aim at Donald Trump's Republican Party over an attack on Democratic presidential hopeful Beto O'Rourke.

The party's official Twitter account yesterday posted an image mocking O'Rourke for a 1998 arrest for drunk driving.