Danny Healy-Rae defends Noel Grealish for comments about Nigeria

Minister for Finance Paschal Donohoe has asked why Independent TD Noel Grealish was singling out one country in his comments about the level of remittances to Nigeria.

Update 11.23am: Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has defended his independent colleague Noel Grealish for comments he made in the Dáil on Tuesday about the amount of funds sent in remittances to Nigeria from Ireland.

“It was unfair to call him racist. I think he was entitled to ask the questions,” Mr Healy-Rae told RTÉ Today with Miriam O’Callaghan show. “I don’t know where he was going (with the question).”