Toxic reaction to rainbow jersey prompts Cork City to quit X

The club has discontinued its X presence over a "significant increase in discriminatory and abusive language"

Cork City's new third jersey in support of the LGBTQ+ community.

Toxic online reaction to the recent launch of a ‘rainbow’ third kit was the final straw prompting Cork City to discontinue its presence on the X platform. The club becomes the first League of Ireland club to pull the plug on an account on the network formerly known as Twitter.

In its 'final' post on the network, City announced on Monday that “X is no longer for us”.