Senator Fidelma Healy Eames says THAT tweet was about starting an open debate

Former Fine Gael senator was trending on Twitter yesterday.

FORMER FINE GAEL Senator Fidelma Healy Eames caused quite the stir yesterday when she sent the following tweet:

Happy Mothers' day all! Hope we can continue to celebrate it after #SSM passed. In some US states Mothers & Father's Day banned #pcgonemad
— Dr. Fidelma Healy Eames (@fidelma4Europe) March 15, 2015

Fidelma Healy Eames / Twitter

As a result the senator was trending on Twitter, as was #pcgonemad.

People responded to her tweet in the following ways:

Can always rely on @journal_ie for clarification on the random. Thanks to @senhealyeames for being gas. #pcgonemad http://t.co/9NXogMWM3g
— eoghan murphy (@ismisenelly) March 15, 2015

eoghan murphy / Twitter

@senhealyeames is this really you ?
— Senator Jerry Buttimer (@jerrybuttimer) March 15, 2015

Jerry Buttimer TD / Twitter

If SSM is passed in May, Mother's Day will go. Eurovision Day will replace Easter and @grahnort will be our new national Saint. #pcgonemad
— Lisa Saputo🏳️‍⚧️🇵🇸🇺🇦 (@lisasaputo) March 15, 2015

Lisa Saputo / Twitter

Can Fidelma Healy Eames really not tell the difference between a State and a school?
— Fintan O’Toolbox (@FintanOToolbox) March 16, 2015

Fintan O'Toolbox / Twitter

Yesterday she told TheJournal.ie that a ban was unlikely to happen in Ireland, but there’s a chance of a ‘ripple’ effect occurring with other schools following suit.

Speaking to Pat Kenny on Newstalk this morning, she explained her tweet:

My tweet was very much to say, ‘Happy Mother’s Day’. Gosh, I’d never like to see anything like that happening here, let’s hope we can celebrate it after same-sex marriage is passed here, obviously, if it is passed…

She said she had made one error in her tweet. She wanted to acknowledge she had said some US states had banned the day, but what she meant to say was some schools.

Look, all I’m saying is, let’s think about unintended outcomes, let’s have an open debate.

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