Edwin Poots tweet causes outrage across internet

The North's Minister for Health and DUP member has had a bit of a backlash to a tweet about the 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Sun, 31 Mar, 2013 - 17:33

Edwin Poots, the North's Minister for Health and DUP member, has had a bit of a backlash to a tweet about the 97th anniversary of the Easter Rising.

Some of the responses...

@edwin_poots I was brought up in the Protestant faith yet find that language unnecessarily inflammatory. Excruciating from a politician!
— Brian Fraser (@beefrazor) March 31, 2013

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