 In December 2017, actions by Labour Youth in Maynooth had been condemned as “juvenile” and “disrespectful” after ‘F*** the Pope’ was posted twice from their official social media account.An image of the Communications Officer of Labour Youth, Liam Haughey, was posted with him holding a sign which read "“I am pro-choice because… F*** the Pope”".The Labour Party released a statement acknowledging the posts, saying they were brought to the party’s General Secretary but had since been removed.