Fine Gael: Councillor’s Traveller claims not party position

Fine Gael councillor and by-election candidate Emer Higgins’ comments on Travellers are not reflective of the party’s position, senior party figures have said.

The party came in for criticism yesterday from some Fianna Fáil TDs who accused it of double standards in seeking to embarrass senator Lorraine Clifford-Lee when its own candidate had expressed what they called anti-Traveller views.