In a strident criticism of the IRA campaign, Mr Martin described the Narrow Water bombings - in which 18 British paratroopers died - and the bombs which killed Lord Louis Mountbatten and three others - as “crimes against humanity” and “war crimes”. “It’s a problem for me and a problem for younger generations, of informing a them that it was appalling.” “It’s part of a wider agenda by Sinn Féin to justify the narrative of the past 40 years,” he said. He also said that his view was that Mr Stanley’s apology for the tweet that referred to the IRA atrocities was not sufficiently comprehensive. Mr Martin said the tweet about Mr Varadkar had an inference of homophobia in his view and exacerbated the situation for the Sinn Féin TD. Mr Martin said the Laois-Offaly TD needs to reflect on the impact on the PAC in terms of the issues that have arisen following his two controversial tweets. CredibilityĮarlier, Taoiseach Micheál Martin said the credibility of the Public Accounts Committee has been thrown into question by the social media activity of its chairman.
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Mr Stanley had being facing mounting calls to appear before the Dail following a series of controversies.
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“Teachta Stanley has this afternoon written to the Ceann Comhairle to request time to make a full personal statement to the Dáil on December 15.” “At my request, Teachta Stanley will take next week to be with his family, for whom this period of public controversy has proven very difficult. We discussed the ongoing public commentary relating to tweets he has posted and a radio interview he gave in March. In a statement, Ms McDonald said: “Today I met with Teachta Brian Stanley. Ms McDonald held a meeting with Mr Stanley on Friday amid calls from Government that he make a public statement and take questions before the Dáil. In addition to the tweets, Mr Stanley seemed to infer during an interview with a local radio station that he would not eat Chinese chicken over his concerns about the spread of Covid-19. Less than 24 hours after apologising for a tweet that praised IRA attacks on British soldiers, the Public Accounts Committee chairman was forced to defend himself on Thursday against alleged homophobia in a tweet posted on the day Leo Varadkar became Ireland’s first openly gay political leader in 2017.
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Ms McDonald also said he has written to Ceann Comhairle Seán Ó Fearghaíl to request time to make a statement to the Dáil on December 15th Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald has asked the party’s Laois-Offaly TD Brian Stanley to take a week off after following a political controversy over his social media activities.