Call to withdraw controversial Redmond stamp

A Labour TD has said that it was "wrong" of An Post to produce stamps commemorating John Redmond, as the Irish Parliamentary Party leader "promoted, recruited, and shamed Irishmen into killing for Great Britain".

Eamon Moloney said the stamps portraying the Irish leader as a cartoon character in a British recruitment poster should be withdrawn.

“It is indeed appropriate to remember and commemorate the thousands of Irish boys and men who were slaughtered during World War One,” Mr Moloney said. “But it is wrong for An Post to commemorate a politician who promoted, recruited and shamed Irishmen into killing for Great Britain.”