Healy Eames criticised for same-sex marriage claims

Senator Fidelma Healy Eames was embroiled in controversy after claiming that extending civil marriage rights to same-sex couple could lead to the banning of Mother’s Day.

The former Fine Gaeler told followers on Twitter that legalising same-sex marriage had seen the occasion, along with Father’s Day, gotten rid of in some American states.

“Happy Mothers’ day all! Hope we can continue to celebrate it after #SSM passed. In some US states Mothers & Father’s Day banned #pcgonemad,” she tweeted.