Misinterpretation of image the only complaint

In a recent article Tom Barry TD takes issue with the imagery used in a leaflet distributed by Cork Film Centre to highlight their recent Arts Council funding cut, which threatened to close the centre.

Mr Barry describes the leaflet, which was distributed to all elected representatives in Cork City and county, as depicting a man about to get his throat cut.

Animation artist Avril O’Brien says “I drew that picture and it is not a person getting their throat cut! It depicts a man with shaving foam on his face and a barber about to shave him.”