Sinn Fein's Eoin O Broin stands over controversial tweet labelled 'utterly pathetic' by Fine Gael TD
A war of words has broken out after Sinn Fein’s housing spokesman posted a tweet of a famine era eviction reworked to include gardai and hired security men wearing balaclavas.
READ MORE: Ireland weather timeline as Met Eireann gives interesting verdict on Easter bank holiday weekend He said that the post by a leading Sinn Fein member shows what the party really thinks of the gardai. In the reworked famine era picture one member of the force is seen standing over a person lying on the ground outside the home from which they are being evicted.
He said: “I think it is entirely inappropriate for a prominent member of the opposition to frame An Garda Síochána in such a way.
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