Verona Murphy won't be axed from FG ticket as party disassociate themselves from comments

Ms Murphy has apologised for remarks made to multiple media organisations in which she suggested that those who seek asylum in Ireland need to be "deprogrammed".

By Daniel McConnell and Elaine Loughlin

Fine Gael will not axe Verona Murphy from their ticket ahead of next week's by-election despite anger in the party over her asylum seeker comments.