Irish TD will not be expelled for wearing blackface, say Social Democrats
Eoin Hayes apologised for ‘huge mistake’ of dressing up as Barack Obama at 2009 Halloween party A member of Ireland’s parliament who was pictured in blackface at a 2009 Halloween party will stay on as a member of the Social Democrats, the party leader has said, citing his “unreserved”...
<p>Eoin Hayes apologised for ‘huge mistake’ of dressing up as Barack Obama at 2009 Halloween party </p><p>A member of Ireland’s parliament who was pictured in blackface at a 2009 Halloween party will stay on as a member of the Social Democrats, the party leader has said, citing his “unreserved” apology and the fact that the incident took place 16 years ago.</p><p>Eoin Hayes, a deputy (TD) for Dublin Bay South, came under fire this week after media published pictures of him dressed up as the then US president, Barack Obama, at a party. At the time, Hayes was the president of the students’ union at University College Cork.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/sep/17/irish-td-will-not-be-expelled-for-wearing-blackface-say-social-democrats">Continue reading...</a>
Read the full article at:
The Guardian World →