Cork TD's accent makes him an unexpected star of Jamaican social media

Thomas Gould is no stranger to online fame — his impassioned speeches on the Gaza genocide have regularly gone viral — but a Dáil exchange on the housing crisis has excited Jamaican social media.

Thomas Gould. File picture: Dan Linehan

Similarities between Caribbean and Irish accents noted in a widely shared reel has made a Cork TD an unexpected star of Jamaican social media.

Thomas Gould, Sinn Féin TD for Cork North Central, is no stranger to online fame — his impassioned speeches on the Gaza genocide have regularly gone viral — but a Dáil exchange on the housing crisis has excited Jamaican social media.