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O’Dea under fire for posing with gun

Minister for Defence Willie O'Dea is coming under fire today after being photographed posing with an automatic pistol.

Mr O'Dea is pictured on the front of two national newspapers this morning looking down the sight of the gun with a smile on his face.

Fine Gael TD Billy Timmons has criticised the minister for allowing himself to be photographed in such a pose.

He said the photographs were inappropriate at a time of escalating gangland violence and killings.

"In my view, it demonstrates a lack of judgement and also basic common sense," he said.

Speaking in the Dáil, meanwhile, Labour Party leader Pat Rabbitte said the minister's publicity stunt was in extreme bad taste.

He said it was "an ill-judged, tasteless stunt by a minister mad on publicity and completely without any regard for the environment in which he permits that to happen".Home

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