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IF THEY AREN’T calling Colin Farrell ‘British’ or claiming Saoirse Ronan as ‘one of their own’, the British media are trying to take Gary and Paul O’Donovan from us.
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While being interviewed by BBC Sport over the weekend, the Cork rowers were labelled ‘British’ with the help of a handy little Union Jack flag.
After securing silver in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the European Championships in Glasgow, Gary chatted with the BBC, who promptly claimed him as their own.
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Darko Bandic / PA Images / PA Images
Yep; the fact they were born and bred in Ireland, have two of the strongest Cork accents you’re ever likely to hear and are regularly seen with a tricolour draped around them wasn’t enough to deter BBC Sport from going down that tired old road.
And Twitter is pure sick of it.
Here are just a few people who aren’t having it anymore.
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I think @BBCsport need to issue an apology to Gary O Donovan you expect better from a broadcaster like the BBC.
BBC sticking Union flags on everything. Here's Irish Rower, Ireland's Gary O'Donovan, getting interviewed after his Silver medal in the Double-Sculls for Ireland. They zoomed in on his face to cut out Ireland logo on his chest & did the same seconds before with his brother, Paul. pic.twitter.com/p2EYBAj0bv
The O Donovan Brothers win silver again and sparkle again. #rowingireland . They give a shout out to what the BBC will be claiming are British Hockey World Cup finalists too. https://t.co/SIYm7Esi1R
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Wednesday 18 December, 2024
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Twitter responds to BBC Sport labelling Cork rowers, Gary and Paul O'Donovan, as British
IF THEY AREN’T calling Colin Farrell ‘British’ or claiming Saoirse Ronan as ‘one of their own’, the British media are trying to take Gary and Paul O’Donovan from us.
While being interviewed by BBC Sport over the weekend, the Cork rowers were labelled ‘British’ with the help of a handy little Union Jack flag.
After securing silver in the Lightweight Double Sculls at the European Championships in Glasgow, Gary chatted with the BBC, who promptly claimed him as their own.
Yep; the fact they were born and bred in Ireland, have two of the strongest Cork accents you’re ever likely to hear and are regularly seen with a tricolour draped around them wasn’t enough to deter BBC Sport from going down that tired old road.
And Twitter is pure sick of it.
Here are just a few people who aren’t having it anymore.
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