Eoin o Broin

Fine Gael Minister of State Patrick O'Donovan said that the tweet from Sinn Féin's Eoin Ó Broin showing modern day gardaí at a famine-era eviction was an ...

"The tweet was a misrepresentation of gardaí in evictions. He said: "That is what happens in cases of a court-ordered eviction. The tweet is intended as a criticism of Government policy, not the gardaí." Many of us gardaí are renters. The posting has been criticised by both Justice Minister Simon Harris and the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors (AGSI). "Gardaí are citizens too.

Eoin Ó Broin has insisted his tweet of an artwork depicting gardaí at a famine-era eviction was not meant to offend officers as he spoke by phone today to ...

“The guards that were in the photo were actually present, masked at an eviction, so it’s not an unfair representation. It’s not necessarily about the gardaí.” Obviously, it’s about eviction and the stark reality of eviction and especially an eviction with staged backing. What my image draws on is the eviction that took place in Frederick Street in North Dublin. Gardaí are in Galway today for their 45th annual delegate conference. "Now this spring he is dragging the gardaí into political debate. That’s not something that the piece is about. But all of those evictions eviscerated a huge amount of fury from people,” he told RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland programme. I think the membership will as well. “The tweet is intended as a criticism of government policy, not the gardaí.” "I think his phone call was sincere. “The intention was to highlight the issue of evictions and the real misery that families are going to face.”

It is “dangerous” for a politician to feed the idea Gardaí are on the side of landlords against the people, according to Ciara Doherty.

The mask slips. “It’s part of … Today’s social media post by a leading member of the main opposition party shows what they really think of the Gardai. “I think it just feeds this idea that the Gardai are there enabling evictions and on the side of the landlords and I think that is unfair. It is “dangerous” for a politician to be feeding the idea that Gardaí are on the side of landlords against the people, according to Ciara Doherty. “There is going to be hostility there towards An Garda Síochána who are in a really difficult position and I think we have to defend them.”

Sinn Féin Leader Mary Lou McDonald has said she spoke to the party's housing spokesperson following controversy over a Tweet he posted at the weekend and ...

"They have a very difficult job to do. She said he was "very happy that the matter had been clarified" saying everyone relies on An Garda Síochána to keep communities safe. Today Mr Ó Broin said that it was not his intention to "offend, criticise or drag An Garda Síochána into a political controversy".

Speaking at the 45th annual conference of the Association of Garda Sergeants and Inspectors, General Secretary Antoinette Cunningham told how the Deputy had ...

“So I welcome the fact he has shown remorse but we have seen what he has done. The image shared was an awful attempt to try and compare gardai to some sort of colonial force past. I think it has been extraordinarily regrettable that he would endeavour to drag the men and women of An Garda Siochana into political debate and we don’t do that in this country.