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Taoiseach says 'blackface' controversy is 'unfortunate' for Social Democrats

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  • Politician Portrayal

    -53% Negative

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47% : In what is the latest controversy to befall Dublin Bay South TD Eoin Hayes, it emerged on Monday night that Mr Hayes had, in 2009, while he was president of UCC students' union, attended a party wearing brown make-up on his face and hands while dressed as then-US president Barack Obama.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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