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Cricket Ireland Suspend John Mooney Following Margaret Thatcher Tweet

PJ Browne
By PJ Browne
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Cricket Ireland has suspended John Mooney for 3 matches following an offensive tweet which he made following the death of former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher earlier this month.

From CricketIreland.ie:

Mooney will miss the first ODI international against Pakistan in Clontarf next month, and the Leinster Lightning Inter-Provincial games against Northern Knights on May 6, and North West Warriors on May 14-16.

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The 31 year-old was found to be in breach of clause eight of his Cricket Ireland contract which prohibits players from any public statements which it considers “denigrates, is derogatory, or is prejudicial to the interests of cricket; or is of a nature which brings the game of cricket or Cricket Ireland into disrepute.”

Mooney posted the tweet shortly after new broke of the Thatcher's death on April 8th. It was soon deleted though and he apologised via Twitter on the following day.

Picture credit: Brendan Moran / SPORTSFILE

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