A Dublin Councillor has apologised for claiming the country should be run by a "family man".
Sinn Fein's Paddy Holohan also said he believes Leo Varadkar's Indian heritage means he is 'separated' from the history of the country.
Speaking on his No Shame Podcast, the former MMA fighter said "not against Leo or anything like that but to me I want a family man running the country".
"I want somebody that knows what it’s like to have kids, maybe hopefully boys and girls so when you’re creating the policies and all of the stuff that goes on that you’re like, right it makes sense".
He also said "It bugs me to death to understand that he leads this country and that he's so separated not even from society now but he's so separated from the history of this country."
"Leo Varadkar’s blood obviously runs to India so his great grandfather is not part of the history of this country", he said.
Councillor Holohan said he "would like to apologise as my comments may have offended people".
He claims his comments have been "misrepresented and not in anyway meant the way they have been portrayed".
The Councillor has thanked the people who "understand that I would never make such remarks".
