LABOUR leader Jeremy Corbyn has been slammed for failing to apologise 'for his links to the IRA' on his visit to Warrington.

The Islington North MP delivered a speech before door-knocking on Hood Lane North in Great Sankey on Saturday afternoon.

But he was slammed for failing to condemn the IRA on his visit to the town where a bomb attack killed Tim Parry and Johnathan Ball in 1993.

Warrington South Conservative chairman Phil Marshall said: “I’m absolutely astonished that Jeremy Corbyn was willing to come to Warrington for a photo opportunity with his fans but didn’t find time to apologise for his links to the IRA.

“In the 1980s he routinely attended memorials to IRA terrorists and his closest aide is on record praising the ‘bravery of the bombs and bullets of the IRA’.

“Those bombs and bullets were aimed at innocent women and children in Warrington, in Northern Ireland and across Britain.

“There was absolutely nothing brave about those who were behind them.

“I’m sure that whoever Jeremy Corbyn picks as his candidate in Warrington South will want to condemn those remarks at the earliest opportunity.”

Labour chiefs hit back following the criticism.

A party spokesman said: “The fact the Tories in Warrington are spending their time on this desperate attack, rather than the issues that will make a difference to people’s lives, confirms that there is a clear choice this election – between a Labour Party who will stand up for you and a Tory party who are failing working people.”

Labour's Warrington South candidate for the General Election, which takes place on June 8, is due to be announced on Tuesday.

Councillors Amanda King, Faisal Rashid and Steve Wright are all understood to be in the running.