Enda Kenny has suggested that Kim Kardashian would not have been robbed if she had been staying in Ireland at the time of her attack.

Speaking at the announcement of 85 new jobs at Carlow security firm Netwatch today, the Taoiseach made light of the attack which saw the mother of two bound and gagged while armed raiders stole over €10 million worth of jewellery from her luxury Parisian apartment.

The leader of our country said: “There was a good lady robbed in Paris the other day of jewellery.  Maybe if they had employed Netwatch they mightn’t have been robbed at all.”

“Send her a message and say ‘over here we’ll mind you,’” he joked.

 

Balenciaga. No make up today.

A photo posted by Kim Kardashian West (@kimkardashian) on Oct 2, 2016 at 5:35am PDT

Irish Twitter users have already taken to the site to discuss the comments.

One commentator wrote: “Did @EndaKennyTD really just make a joke about @KimKardashian being tied up, threatened with violence and robbed?  Uh…”

While another said: “Of all the things Enda Kenny has ever said, telling Kim Kardashian to hire an Irish security firm was certainly one of them.”

Did @EndaKennyTD really just make a joke about @KimKardashian being tied up, threatened with violence and robbed? Uh…

— Ronan Kennedy (@RonanJKennedy) October 6, 2016

Of all the things Enda Kenny has ever said, telling Kim Kardashian to hire an Irish security firm was certainly one of them…

— Seán (@MarumGo) October 6, 2016

'Over here we’ll mind you’ – Enda Kenny being a gas fecker on Kim Kardashian robbery https://t.co/q7VE9uIs0l

— Wayne O'Connor (@WayneWanyeEast) October 6, 2016

I'm pretty sure @tmz will be outside Government Buildings tomorrow.https://t.co/LfRpQZS9PZ

— Philip Ryan (@Philip_Ryan) October 6, 2016

Feat image: PA Wire