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Tánaiste said it was appropriate online posts had been deleted since, and added he had not been aware of them
Tánaiste said it was appropriate online posts had been deleted since, and added he had not been aware of them Tanaiste Simon Harris: 'This was a personal account from a number of years ago, the posts are deleted and I think it’s appropriate that they are.
' Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/PA Wireaccount of John Kelly, who works in a public-salaried role in the Tánaiste’s office where he manages Harris’sThe firefighters of 9/11: They were eating breakfast when the call came. ‘They all left’His comments criticised teachers as work-shy, described the public as “racist” and called US president Trump a “moron” and Britain’snext week, the Tánaiste said he didn’t ask Kelly to delete the posts and added that they were made on a personal account.
“I think they were from quite a number of years ago,” he said. “I don’t know if it’s now the decision that the social-media posts of all people working in every politician’s constituency office are now going to be examined and critiqued. ” He added: “This was a personal account from a number of years ago, the posts are deleted and I think it’s appropriate that they are. ” Kelly used his account to make several jibes at Trump.
In a February 2022 post, he said Trump was a “moron”. He was responding to a Newsweek article where Trump was quoted saying there would be no Nato without him. In a November 29th, 2020, post, after it became clear that Joe Biden would defeat Trump in the US presidential election, Kelly posted under a Fox News article: “I like winners not losers! Trump, you loser!
”Responding to a Daily Mail report that quoted Prince Harry describing his travel itinerary as “hectic to the point of exhaustion”, Kelly wrote: “Snowflake. ”Greens call for €2.5bn to fund solar panels in homes and for ‘targeted’ energy creditsFF Senator paid €16,700 in travel expenses while sick at home for eight monthsBouncy castle play linked to largest outbreak of common superbug in IrelandIrish Open at Doonbeg: What are the tee times? What TV channel is it on?
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