Danny Healy-Rae: I know I’m not a fool and no one will take me for a fool either

Senior Correspondent Ciara Phelan recently spent two days in Kerry with the Healy-Raes. During that time she sat down with Danny Healy-Rae in his pub in Kilgarvan

Danny Healy-Rae behind the counter at the Healy-Rae Bar in Kilgarvan. Picture: Dan Linehan

Despite being criticised for comments he has made on immigration, Danny Healy-Rae is at pains to insist he is not racist.

Speaking from his pub in Kilgarvan, Co Kerry, Mr Healy-Rae says he has worked for “all communities”, including the Bangladeshi people in Killarney, and dismisses accusations he uses inflammatory language when discussing the State’s immigration policy.