Left-wing Opposition leaders have made renewed criticisms of Tánaiste Simon Harris, over remarks he made about migration numbers in Ireland being too high.
Social Democrats leader Holly Cairns accused the Government of playing politics “straight out of the Farage playbook”.
In the Dáil, she said the Government is ratcheting up its use of inflammatory language to stoke further fear.
Pointing to the attack on the accommodation centre in Drogheda, Ms Cairns said it was a violent attack “on vulnerable people which could easily have led to children being killed”.
During Leaders’ Questions, Ms Cairns said Mr Harris
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