Fiona Ryan, an Irish actor, has been run out of the country with her ethnic Brazilian fiancé, Jonathan Mathis from England, and their 22-month-old child. Online traducing of the family started after they appeared in a television commercial for the supermarket chain Lidl. “German dump Lidl gaslighting the Irish people with their multicultural version of ‘The Ryans’. #ShopIrish #BuyIrish,” tweeted Gemma O’Doherty, a former Irish Independent features writer who tried to become the president of Ireland. There followed an online avalanche of xenophobic invective, including denunciation of Mathis for not buying a house, and…

Source: The Times October 12, 2019 23:14 UTC