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Aodhán Ó Ríordáin and Rónán Mullen are having a bit of a row on Twitter
The Equality Minister’s tweet about “extremist right-wingers” got this one going…
THE EQUALITY MINISTER Áodhan Ó Ríordáin and the independent senator Rónán Mullen have had some sharp exchanges on Twitter today.
This morning, Ó Ríordáin tweeted this in response to the Pro Life Campaign’s Cora Sherlock appearance on Morning Ireland to discuss yesterday’s UN report on Ireland’s abortion laws:
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The Labour TD’s tweet appeared to draw a parallel between those who opposed the recent same-sex marriage referendum and pro-life campaigners.
It did not get a great response on Twitter:
It took a few hours but Mullen, a prominent conservative commentator, who opposed the referendum last month, responded with this:
But Ó Ríordáin wasn’t taking that lying down, and tweeted this response:
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We’re waiting to see what Mullen has to say to that, but he’s not the only anti-same-sex marriage politician to respond to Ó Ríordáin today.
A minute before Mullen’s initial tweet, here’s what Tipperary South TD Mattie McGrath had to say:
This one could run…
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