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Facebook disabled the Tiger Reborn page, which has promoted political activist Ben Gilroy under various guises for 10 years and had amassed 62,000 followers. Gilroy, an unsuccessful election candidate for the Irish Freedom Party, has appeared on videos on the page promoting anti-vaccine and anti-mask messages [...] Yesterday Gilroy said he [...] shared an "awful lot of stuff" on his personal page for "open debate"
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and also a candidate for both Dublin Fingal West and East too for strategic reasons.
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This evening I joined Cllr. Malachy Steenson out canvassing in Dublin Central.
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Cllr @MalachySteenson and his team our canvassing are joined by Ben Gilroy.
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Today I'm in Cork City with Derek Blighe leader of Ireland First running for the Dáil in Cork North Central.
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Great to meet @BenGilroyIRL today, It's so important for everyone to get out and vote tomorrow, We need every single one.
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