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Thu 11 Nov 2009Mayor of Limerick's comments branded 'racist'
CONTROVERSIAL COMMENTS by the Mayor of Limerick, who has called for the deportation of EU nationals who fail to secure employment in Ireland, have been branded “ill-informed” and “racist” and have led to calls for his resignation.
Fine Gael councillor Kevin Kiely made the remarks in an interview with the Limerick Leader newspaper, in which he called for a review of social welfare payments to non-Irish nationals, given the current economic crisis.
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