SPAR Ireland Under Fire As Customer Complains On Facebook Page About Homophobic Insults

Spar Ireland are reacting to this latest customer complaint on their Facebook page today.

Facebook user Robbie Lawlor posted this comment on the convenience store’s Facebook page, describing an incident in a Dublin Spar shop between himself, his partner and the shop’s security guard.

According to the post, Lawlor and his partner were in the shop for their “nightly ritual” of getting a roll from the deli when they kissed each other.

The security guard allegedly joined the couple and said: “Take it back into the George you faggots.”

The George is a well-known gay bar in the Dublin city centre.

After further comments, Lawlor’s boyfriend pushed the guard “in retaliation” before he was pushed to the ground by two lads.

Lawlor's comment read:

So last night myself and Emmett Daly went out for a few drinks together, during our nightly ritual of getting a roll in Spar on Georges street we kissed in the shop. The security gaurd then came over to us and told us to ''take it back into the George you faggots'. Emmett then asked if we were a straight couple who kissed would u asked us to leave and go back to Coppers?

I then dragged Emmett towards the deli and the security gaurd followed and again told us to get out of the shop 'you faggots' .. Emmett then pushed him away in retaliation after which two lads pinned him to the ground and was practically strangling him, he now has cuts all over his face and is some amount of pain .. People today are losing their jobs .. its 2013 and the shop is three seconds from two of the biggest gay bars in Dublin, WHAT THEE F%%K!? — at Spar Dame Street. [sic]

Spar Ireland have responded to the barrage of comments on their Facebook page today with the same response:

“We're still trying to speak to those involved directly so we can investigate this further. We're very sorry to hear about this.”

Other social media users have criticised the shop for removing the original post, some have copied it from the original source and are re-posting it on the page.

 

UPDATE: 20.04 Monday 28th January - The original post is now visible once again on the SPAR Ireland Facebook page:

UPDATE: 21.09 Monday 28th January - SPAR Ireland respond to Her.ie's tweet regarding this story: