Mayor won't represent africans due to harrassment .

Fine Gael Councillor Darren Scully has resigned as Mayor of Naas after he said he would refuse to represent constituents of African origin.


A complaint was made to gardaí over Mr Scully's comments.

Speaking to Clem Ryan on KFM's 'Kildare Today', Cllr Scully said he made his decision based on what he described as the ''aggressive attitude'' he has experienced when representations were made to him by ''black Africans''.

He said he would in future pass any representations from Africans on to other public representatives.

However, he stressed that this was his own view and not that of Naas Town Council.

A special meeting of Naas Town Council was called this evening to discuss the matter.

Mr Scully said that over his seven years as a councillor his experiences of dealing with "black Africans" were not good.

He said most of the issues had to do with housing and he had been met "with aggressiveness and bad manners".

Mr Scully said he has always made it clear that he would speak his mind and that following his comments last night he received "extremely nasty and abusive emails and text messages".

However, he insisted he made his decision based on the experiences that he has had "with every single case over seven years".

This afternoon, Labour's Aodhán Ó Riordáin made a complaint under the Prohibition of Incitement to Hatred Act in relation to the comments.

A statement from Fine Gael said the views expressed by Cllr Scully do not reflect the views of Fine Gael and they are not party policy.

Fine Gael Minister of State Dinny McGinley has said that the comments were in no way reflective of Fine Gael's policy on immigrants.

Mr McGinley refused to be drawn on whether Mr Scully should resign or leave the party.

He said it was a matter for the party's executive committee that would be dealt with in due course.

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[SmokeWithoutFire]

People may be scared into silence, but they are not stupid. How many people read the stories he was telling about them and were surprised. Negroes DO constantly play the race card and openly threaten to this. They ARE loud and aggressive and ungrateful. ALL this I have myself experienced with them. In modern PC Ireland truth and fact can be called 'racist', but if it walks and talks like an aggressive ignorant prick, then it's an aggressive ignorant prick.

Join the DRM Ireland and fight back.

[beanseeker]

that black man they interviewed wasn't even in naas. haha this whole situation is a joke

[MrSimo552]

And the anti white genocide of Ireland begins.....Fuck you RTE and any idiot who condemns speaking your mind on what most Irish people hold as as opinion behind closed doors. I hear these loud mouthed, self entitled twats on the bus, and see them in the city center everyday and I don't blame Mayor Scully for his opinion. I hope we as Irishman don't lose our pair like the rest of Europe has. Sad,sad day for the once proud irishman. Shame on you two faced traitors.

[mickgjrice]

@screwface1011 Oh I will shitface

[screwface1011]

@mickgjrice fuck with Afrikans you limey bastard.

[mickgjrice]

@screwface1011 fuck africians

[gunninlinguist]

10K fine and could face up to 2 years jail just for saying that. Unbelievable...

[39Auldkellier]

I have come from a family that were always traditionally anyway more fianna fail then fine gael, although i say traditionally because it'd more or less ff per 1990's, they can't stand any of after. If i was resident in nass i would vote for him everytime even if i couldn't stand the rest of them in fine gael, theres not much honest politicians around anymore, its refreshing these days to see one

[shannonshore]

This man is just saying what most of us think.

[lrishNationalist]

Mr. Scully expressed HIS experience of black Africans in Naas and his personal dealings with them. It had nothing to do with skin colour or race. If it had been white poles, he would have defended himself and said he will not take any more of their abuse too.

There is a difference in hating a people because of their race (racism) and describing how you have been treated in general most of the time, by a distinct group of people, that is called personal experience and is not racist.