A Laois parish priest is hitting back at an Independent TD's controversial remarks about asylum-seekers.
A Laois parish priest is hitting back at an Independent TD's controversial remarks about asylum-seekers.
Last week Noel Grealish described them as 'economic migrants' who only come to Ireland to 'sponge off the system'.
There's strong opposition in his constituency over possible plans to open a direct-provision centre in Oughterard, Co Galway.
Fr Paddy Byrne is the parish priest in Abbeyleix, where there's a similar facility.
He disagrees with Deputy Grealish:
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