The social media accounts of Sinn Féin TD Brian Stanley were deleted tonight in the aftermath of controversy over two separate tweets. In the tweet sent in 2017, Mr Stanley, now head of the Public Accounts Committee wrote “yippee 4 d tory. The whole Sinn Féin party need to acknowledge this. However there was unease amongst some members of Sinn Féin about the message with a number of members airing concerns on social media. Mr Stanley apologised on Wednesday for a controversial tweet in which he referenced incidents from the War of Independence and the Troubles.

Source: The Irish Times December 03, 2020 12:07 UTC