They start young in Young Fine Gael (TCD branch).

At a YFG meet and greet session in Trinity College following the ejection of one party member amid claims of financial impropriety…

Trinity News reports:

 

…Ciara McMahon, a candidate for the YFG panel, noted in her speech that politics should be introduced as a Leaving Certificate subject. Another panel candidate, David McManus, also outlined the importance of “getting young people interested in politics.”

One candidate went on to attempt to defend Darren Scully, the councillor and former Naas mayor who was expelled from the party for saying that he would not represent “black Africans” in the town. Fine Gael’s recent decision to re-admit Scully into the party was condemned by the Irish Integration Centre as sending a “clear message that racist remarks by elected representatives are okay with them.” However, the YFG candidate in question remarked in his speech that, “Nobody is perfect.”

YFG was also the subject of public attention in July following the passing of a number of unusual motions at its annual Garrett Fitzgerald Summer School, [Including] that, “YFG calls on the Government to reinstate Garda detectives with sub-machine guns, as ordinary handguns are insufficient to combat modern day crime.”

 

Good times (ahead).

UPDATE:

Your mentioning of the (TCD branch) is very unfair. The Trinity branch has been unanimous in our condemnation of Darren Scully. We were only the venue for that debate. We have consistently championed a progressive cause within YFG, as you may have seen in the past

 

David Higgins, PRO Young Fine Gael Trinity

Student ejected from YFG husting session (Trinity News)