Cork TD In Hot Water After He Commented On Remarks Made By TD Noel Grealish About Immigrants
Michael Collins, said Irish people are "hungry in the street" and should be prioritised over immigrants, arguing Ireland is losing its culture.
Galway West TD Noel Grealish came in for severe criticism after he claimed migrants coming from Africa "sponge off the system".
In his remarks, Michael Collins said that one or two families could be brought into rural communities but "not 50".
Labour leader Brendan Howlin has branded the comments by the two TD's as "very dangerous".
Speaking this morning Michael Collins didn't back down from his comments saying the Government needs to look at "our own people" first:
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