A politician says he won’t apologise for calling for “checks and balances” on refugees fleeing the Taliban, and has hit out at those criticising him, calling them “snowflakes”. A screengrab of Mr O'Flynn's Facebook postBut in his post on Facebook to accompany the photo, Mr O’Flynn wrote:“Not one woman, not one child, just men,” he wrote. “Checks and balances need to be put in place to ensure that these people coming into [sic] are genuine. Mr Atherton describes himself as a former contributor to Breitbart, the far-right syndicated news service which has been described as a the platform for the alt-right. “If you look at my post, there is no mention of race, no mention of coming into Ireland.

Source: Irish Examiner August 17, 2021 16:18 UTC