A Fine Gael Intercultural whatsapp groupchat has been shut down after pornographic material was shared into the group by the husband of a Fine Gael councillor who denies responsibility for the incident.
FG representatives responded by disbanding the group and saying they would ‘review membership’.
The pornagraphic video, which was posted into the Intercultural group chat on Whatsapp, shows a young woman doing exercise on a mat in front of a male trainer with her genitalia exposed. The group chat where the video was posted has been shut down since the incident.
Gript Media contacted the man who shared the video, who admitted that the video had been sent from his phone, but was adamant that it was not sent by him.
He said, “It came from my phone but I didn’t know anything about it”.
When asked if he had any knowledge of how the pornographic material was sent from his phone number the man said that his phone had “been misbehaving”.
He added that he was not ‘that kind of person’ and expressed his deep embarrassment over the incident.
Acting as a group administrator, a Fine Gael officer, responded to the incident in the group chat by saying that the “posting of such offensive and explicit material” was “wholly unacceptable”.
She continued, “whether intentional or not the impact is unacceptable.”, adding that a review of all “modes of communication and groups” would be undertaken, saying that “at this point we are disbanding this group as the membership is not up to date”.