Fianna Fáil to 'engage' with councillor who said Dublin rioters should be shot in head

The Limerick-based councillor withdrew the remarks, saying that it had been merely a show of his emotions on the issue

Justice Minister Helen McEntee said that she did not regret her use of the term "scumbags" to describe those who engaged in violence in Dublin last week. File photo: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

Fianna Fáil is to "engage" with a Limerick-based councillor who said that the rioters in Dublin last week should be "shot in the head".

Limerick west councillor Abul Kalam Azad Talukder told a meeting of Limerick City and County Council (LCCC) on Monday that he would "like to see them shot in the head or bring the public in and beat them until they die".