Verona Murphy has insisted that she is not a racist.
The Wexford woman made the comments during an interview with South-East Radio this morning, in which she also said there could be a repeat of the London Bridge terror attack in Wexford.
She was removed from Fine Gael's general election ticket last night, after controversy over her comments in the Wexford by-election.
Murphy had claimed migrants needed to be de-programmed as they have infiltrated by Isis.
She apologised for the remarks - but also insisted migrants can pose a security threat:
"The London bombings that occurred, the perpetrator lived in Ireland for 7 years. Do we have to wait to have a London Bridge incident on Wexford Bridge?"
Am I as a person not allowed to raise the security issue that these unrestricted migrants bring? The fact is I am not a racist"
