Forbes say Limerick article on Collison brothers 'failed to meet editorial standards'

In the wake of the article, which was criticised by the Stripe co-founders, the hashtag #LimerickandProud began to trend on Twitter

Patrick and John Collison, co-founders of Stripe, described the article's references to Limerick as "daft". 

An article describing how the brothers who founded Stripe "escaped" Limerick city failed to meet the "editorial standards” of Forbes magazine, the firm’s chief communications officer said.

In a short statement to the  Limerick Leader, the representative of Forbes magazine said the article by Dublin-born contributor Stephen McBride which referred to Limerick as "Stab City" and the "murder capital" of Europe, failed to meet editorial standards and was removed from the financial publications' website shortly after it was published.