One episode into the new season, and there’s already controversy.
And no, we don’t mean the guy talking about sheep semen, and even the McGregor segment was almost completely controversy free.
Instead, it involved a map that used as an image of Ireland during a conversation with Dr Eva Orsmond, as she discussed why people in deprived areas are three times more likely to get cancer.
Clip via The Late Late Show
While the weight loss expert discussed with Ryan Tubridy how modern day people have such difficult maintaining a healthy life-style, the camera cut away to an image of Ireland, but with the six counties in Northern Ireland completely cut out.
This is a representation of the recent census date of the country, but this didn’t stop folk online from taking umbrage with it:
What country’s this then? Cos it’s not Ireland pic.twitter.com/tyCaGrV190
— Cahair O’Kane (@CahairOKane1) September 1, 2017
How many rivers and streams cross that BITE ? How many mountain ranges towns parishes roads fields animals people family’s cross this BITE?
— Brian Mór Mc Nicholl (@brian_nicholl) September 2, 2017
Absolutely shocking that nobody at @rte thought this was wrong
— Ciaran Mc Carron (@CiaranMcCarron) September 1, 2017
Deeply offensive image.
— Mark H Durkan (@MarkHDurkan) September 2, 2017
So the God awful Late Late show now displaying a map of Ireland minus 6 counties. Show and its presenter are beneath contempt.
— Conor Huddleston (@ConorHud) September 1, 2017
@deeforbes_dee The Late Late show recently showed a map of Ireland however the 6counties excluded, who sanctioned this and why?
— Suckingdiesel32 (@suckindiesel32) September 2, 2017
