Emer Higgins is Fine Gael councillor and by-election candidate for Dublin Mid-West. Image: Niall Carson/PA Emer Higgins is Fine Gael councillor and by-election candidate for Dublin Mid-West. Image: Niall Carson/PA TAOISEACH LEO VARADKAR has defended his party colleague, Emer Higgins, who expressed her “delight” after plans for a Traveller housing scheme in her area were scrapped in 2014.
“I am delighted to announce that the council are no longer considering purchasing these houses off the developer for development as a Traveller accommodation scheme. This was confirmed to me today by council,” the letter read.“This was an issue back in 2014, she accepts fully that she was wrong to use the word ‘delighted’ about that decision not to go ahead with that accommodation.
The senator, who is a by-election candidate for Dublin Fingal, claimed that the tweets are being used as part of a smear campaign. Criticising Fianna Fáil for not disciplining Clifford-Lee, Varadkar said the opposition’s response was “inadequate”.
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