Former Irish PM Bertie Ahern has clarified his immigration stance after a recording emerged of him saying he worries about African migrants, which the current taoiseach has described as inappropriate.

Former Irish Taoiseach Bertie Ahern, while canvassing for a Fianna Fáil by-election candidate in a Dublin housing estate, was recorded telling a voter he has 'no problem with the Ukrainians' but 'the ones I worry about are the Africans' and 'we can't be taking in people from the Congo,' leading current Taoiseach Micheál Martin to call the remarks 'not appropriate'.