Bertie’s comments condemned by Ogbu
Thu, May 14, 2026
Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern should apologise for ignorant comments he made about immigrants, says a Galway West by-election candidate.
Labour Party candidate Helen Ogbu is facing so much online racism, her party HQ has deployed specialist software to screen social media posts, while gardaí in Galway are investigating racially motivated defacement of her election materials.
Ahern was secretly recorded by a homeowner in the capital last week, when canvassing her house for Fianna Fáil for the Dublin Central by-election, also to be held on Friday, May 22.
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