Holly Cairns 'unapologetically ambitious' about future of Social Democrats 

The Cork-South West TD told party members that she is confident Ireland's problems 'can be fixed'

Holly Cairns at Leinster House. File Picture: Gareth Chaney/ Collins Photos

Ireland is not full, it is just not working properly, the Social Democrats leader has told her party conference.

Cork South-West TD Holly Cairns told the gathered members in UCD's O'Reilly Hall that "loud voices" had demanded closed borders due to a spike in immigration, but she rejected that idea in her first party conference speech as leader.