'Nobody gets to say who can or cannot live in their area': Leo Varadkar on Clare blockade

Speaking in Iceland on Wednesday, Leo Varadkar said the blockade is "wrong" but insisted that the Government is cohesive on the issue
'Nobody gets to say who can or cannot live in their area': Leo Varadkar on Clare blockade

Magowna House,  Inch, Co. Clare on Tuesday where the blockade happened. Picture: Eamon Ward

The Taoiseach has said the blockade in Co. Clare is wrong as he insisted the Government is in lockstep on the issue of immigration, despite a Cabinet row on the issue.

Green Party and Fianna Fáil members clashed at Cabinet as ministers raised concerns that scenes like the blockade of a hotel in Clare would be repeated across the country.

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