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Northern Ireland Prime Minister Arlene Foster will write to Ceann Comhairle del Dáil regarding a tweet sent by a TD from Sinn Féin.
TD for Laois / Offaly Brian Stanley sent out a tweet yesterday celebrating two historic IRA attacks on the British Army.
The tweet has since been deleted, 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 British army electives and the establishment the cost of occupying Ireland. Pity everyone they were such slow learners “.
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 Lord Louis Mountbatten, a second cousin of Queen Elizabeth who served in two world wars.
On Sunday, Ms Foster angrily responded to the tweet and signaled her intention to raise it with the Irish Parliament.
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 speaks of respect and equality, but there are not 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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