Taoiseach criticises Fianna Fáil candidate for using 'language of the far right' in TikTok post

Dympna Cunniffe promised to bring about a system of mandatory community engagement if elected as a TD, with a caption on the video reading: '1,000 single males?' 

Speaking in Naas, Mr Harris said that he was 'disappointed' to see some of the language being used by the Fianna Fáil candidate in Longford-Westmeath. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Fine Gael leader Simon Harris has criticised a Fianna Fáil councillor for her comments on immigration, saying that she has been using the “language of the far right”.

It comes after a Fianna Fáil candidate in Longford-Westmeath, Dympna Cunniffe, posted on TikTok that she backed a protest group that has pushed against the opening of a new accommodation centre for 1,000 asylum seekers.