Twitter users voiced their opinions on the comments and subsequent apologies made by Judge Mary Devins.
@BarryHennessey: “Bottom line: Judge Mary Devins cannot command confidence that all who come before her will receive equal treatment. She must go.”
@CormacLooney: “Apology take 2 from Judge Mary Devins for Polish social welfare slur – Maybe she got a simple ‘sorry’ right this time.”
@CiaranMMonagle: “Judge Mary Devins comments have made it onto Bloomberg. Shame on her. We really are a banana republic.”
@theCultOutlaw: “The Politically Correct police out in force again, Judge Mary Devins just calling it as she sees it here in Mayo.”
@pad_white: “Judge Mary Devins is dead right, not just foreigners our own crowd benefit too, we are a joke of a country.”
@hiredknave: “It’s nearly lunchtime: why is Mary Devins still a judge?”
@oceanclub: “Is there any other interpretation of Mary Devins remark than bigoted?”