Sinn Féin say 'Booby Sands' leaflet was a 'typo'
A SINN Féin election leaflet with an embarrassing spelling error was not doctored and should not have been printed, a party spokesman said last night. The leaflet featuring Sinn Féin vice-president Mary Lou McDonald referred to hunger striker and former Fermanagh and South Tyrone MP Bobby Sands as 'Booby Sands'. Images of the election literature were widely circulated on social media. A Sinn Féin spokesman initially told The Irish News the images of the leaflet were "totally false" and had been altered. However, a spokesman confirmed yesterday the leaflet did have a spelling error. "The l[...]
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