Verona Murphy blasts Simon Harris as she defends controversial immigration comments

Deselected Fine Gael candidate Verona Murphy has launched an attack on Health Minister Simon Harris claiming he is “one of the worst ministers for health” ever.

Ms Murphy was dropped by the party earlier this week as a general election candidate after she caused outrage during the recent Wexford by-election when she claimed asylum seekers needed to be “deprogrammed” and may have been influenced by terrorist group ISIS.