Co Donegal nightclub takes down offensive sign

AN Irish nightclub has taken down an offensive billboard of a woman, a senator has said.

The advert featured the back of a woman golfer’s body with the message ‘Libertys: Your 19th hole for the summer’.

Liberty’s is a club in Buncrana in Co Donegal. Golf ’s Dubai Duty Free Irish Open — hosted by four-time major winner Rory McIlroy’s Rory Foundation — is due to be held nearby in July.

Sinn Fein senator Padraig Mac Lochlainn said: “This large billboard sign on the approach to my home town of Buncrana is just plain offensive to women.

“And it is offensive to men who respect the women in their lives.

“If it was shock value publicity they were seeking, then mission accomplished.”

The advert faced a backlash on social media.

The club did not immediately return requests for comment.

Mr Mac Lochlainn added: “Thank you to the management of Liberty’s for listening to your local community and respectfully taking down the billboard sign in Buncrana.”