Sinn Féin declines to comment after Facebook controversy involving party spokesperson 

Claire Kerrane deleted the Facebook comment suggesting deportation could be among penalties considered when an immigrant has committed a crime

Sinn Féin Roscommon-Galway TD Claire Kerrane. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

Sinn Féin has refused to comment after Claire Kerrane, the party's spokesperson on integration, deleted a Facebook comment where she suggested that deportation should be among the penalties considered when an immigrant has committed a crime.

On the first day of the general election campaign, a spokesperson for the party said they had no comment at present regarding the situation.