Arlene Foster will write to Ceann Comhairle about Sinn Féin TD tweet

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Northern Ireland Prime Minister Arlene Foster will write to the Ceann Comhairle del Dáil regarding an inflammatory post on Twitter sent by a TD from Sinn Féin.

Brian Stanley, TD of Laois / Offaly, sent out a tweet on Saturday celebrating two historic IRA attacks on the British Army.

The post has since been removed, but DUP leader Ms Foster called it “embarrassing.”

Stanley, who is also the chairman of the Dáil Public Accounts Committee, tweeted about the centenary of the 1920 Kilmichael ambush.

He wrote to his 3,700 followers: “Kilmicheal (sic) (1920) and Narrow Water (1979) the 2 IRA operations that taught the electives of [the] The British Army and the Establishment The Cost of Occupying Ireland. Too bad they all learned so slowly. “

The Kilmichael ambush was an attack carried out by the IRA during the War of Independence in which 17 members of the Auxiliary Division of the Royal Irish Police were killed.

The Narrow Water ambush took place during the riots and saw 18 British soldiers killed by the IRA near Warrenpoint, in 1979.

The attack took place on the same day that the Provisionals blew up a fishing boat off the coast of Mullaghmore in Co Sligo, which killed Louis Mountbatten, Queen Elizabeth’s second cousin.

Prime Minister Arlene Foster said she will write to Ceann Comhairle del Dáil about Brian Stanley’s tweet. Photo: Kelvin Boyes / PA

On Sunday, Ms Foster angrily responded to the tweet and signaled her intention to bring it up to Dáil.

She tweeted: “I will write to Ceann Comhairle del Dáil about this embarrassing tweet.

“Although eliminated, it is outrageous that someone with such distorted views can occupy a high-level position in the Dáil. SF talks about respect and equality, but there aren’t many signs of respect for the victims. “

Stanley’s tweet received more than 500 likes on the platform and was shared nearly 400 times.



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