"The Social Democrats has no plans to suspend the TD after he apologised for the "completely inappropriate" costume Holly Cairns is due to speak at the party's annual think-in tomorrow morning"
"The Social Democrats has said it has no plans to suspend Eoin Hayes for a second time after he was forced to apologise for wearing "brown makeup" on his face while dressing up as Barack Obama for Halloween 16 years ago."
"Mr Hayes said a newspaper intended to publish the images tomorrow and described the incident as a "huge mistake"."
The Social Democrats said it will not suspend TD Eoin Hayes after he apologised for wearing brown makeup while dressing as Barack Obama at a Halloween event 16 years ago. The party indicated there are no plans to impose a second suspension following the apology. Mr Hayes described the incident as a huge mistake and said a newspaper intended to publish the images the following day. The costume was described as "completely inappropriate". Holly Cairns is due to speak at the party's annual think-in tomorrow morning. The apology and the imminent publication of the photographs prompted renewed attention to the incident.
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