Taoiseach condemns Fine Gael councillor's comments about Jewish people

Taoiseach Simon Harris speaks to the media during a press conference at DuPont Circle Hotel, in Washington DC. Picture: Niall Carson/PA 

The Taoiseach has described comments made about Jewish people by a Fine Gael councillor as "utterly wrong, absolutely offensive, entirely inappropriate".

A disciplinary process has now been established over remarks made by Punam Rane at a Dublin City Council meeting earlier this week.