Sinn Féin TD criticised over ‘insultingly wrong’ image of gardaí overseeing Famine-style eviction

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Sinn Féin TD criticised over ‘insultingly wrong’ image of gardaí overseeing Famine-style eviction
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Agsi general secretary said Eoin Ó Broin’s posting of the mock image was ‘deeply offensive and wholly inappropriate’

Sinn Féin spokesman on housing Eoin Ó Broin posted an image which reworked a famous painting by Cork artist Daniel MacDonald of an eviction taking place during the Famine to show instead gardaí helping to remove tenants from the dwelling. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/ Collins PhotosThe head of a Garda representative organisation has criticised Sinn Féin housing spokesman Eoin Ó Broin for posting a mock image on social media depicting gardaí overseeing an eviction.

Commenting on Twitter, she said it was “insultingly wrong” to portray Garda colleagues in the fashion shown. Mr Ó Broin posted an image which reworked a painting by renowned Cork artist Daniel MacDonald of an eviction taking place during the Famine to show instead gardaí helping to remove tenants from the dwelling.

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