Politicians have condemned a video that appears to show a group of people singing a pro-IRA song at Dublin Airport.
The social media video emerged on Saturday and has been viewed over 500,000 times on one account. It is not clear when the footage was taken.
Fianna Fail TD for Dublin North West Paul McAuliffe said on Twitter: “We build the case for a united Ireland by creating a shared island.
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“One doesn’t necessarily lead to the other but it makes this place we call home a better place for all of us to live. Dropping a few lyrics isn’t a great sacrifice to make others feel included and part of us.”
Alliance Party MP Stephen Farry also condemned the video on Twitter. He said: “More disgraceful behaviour. We are seeing a growing pattern of incidents in sectarian chants across different parts of society.
"Real dangers in this in this type of conduct becoming normalised or seen as acceptable. Attempts at trying to rationalise this are as pathetic as the actual chanting. There was no good IRA with just a ‘few mistakes’. It was all bad.”
A Dublin Airport spokesperson said: “daa operates Dublin Airport and our top priority is to ensure the safety and security of passengers and staff and to operate the airport in an efficient manner.
“The responsibility for passenger behaviour in this instance rests entirely with the passengers in question.”
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