Taoiseach calls on Kneecap to ‘urgently clarify’ views amid concern clips furore

Taoiseach Micheal Martin called for the clarifications after video emerged of the group at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member saying: ‘The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP’ (Brian Lawless/PA) - (PA Wire)

Belfast rap trio Kneecap must “urgently clarify” alleged comments attributed to band members around support for Hamas and Hezbollah, and the killing of Tory MPs, Ireland’s premier has said.

Taoiseach Micheal Martin called for the clarifications after video emerged of the group at a November 2023 gig appearing to show one member saying: “The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.”