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Blistering Backlash To Article Branding Limerick "A Warzone"

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03:15 10 Apr 2021


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The Mayor of Limerick has criticised Forbes magazine for a "defamatory and ill advised" article about the city.

The now-deleted piece was an explainer on how the billion dollar company Stripe came to be.

It described how the founders of  managed to "escape" from "stab city".

It also referenced Limerick as the "murder capital of Europe".

Brothers John and Patrick Collison have dismissed the article as "daft" and "mistaken".

Image An excerpt from the article in Forbes

Limerick Politicians Slam "Rubbish" Article

TD for Limerick City, Willie O'Dea, says it was a grotesque misrepresentation of what the place is like now:

"If there's any decency left in the world, or any respect for truth and honestly... Forbes should apologise."

He says the apology should be directed at the people of Limerick and Forbes' readers.

"This is a piece of rubbish masquerading as news," he says.

 


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