CONTROVERSIAL Belfast rappers Kneecap have found a political ally in Limerick Labour Party TD Conor Sheehan.
Last month, Kneecap member Liam Óg Ó hAnnaidh, who performs under the stage name Mo Chara, was charged by the Metropolitan Police with a terror offence over the alleged display of a Hezbollah flag at a concert in the O2 Forum in London in November 2024.
Speaking in the Dáil, Deputy Sheehan deemed these charges as political and claimed that they are designed to censor and silence those who are calling out the genocide in Gaza.
“It amounts to a carnival of distraction. Will the Tánaiste commit to raising this with his counterpart the UK Foreign Secretary and with the UK Prime Minister?” he asked.
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