A screen grab from the AI video contained in the now-deleted social media post from former MEP and TD Mick Wallace.
Former MEP Mick Wallace has come in for major criticism following a now-deleted social media post containing an AI generated video of President-elect Catherine Connolly, wearing a tricolour balaclava, a keffiyeh and brandishing an AK47 assault rifle.
Wallace shared the video, which has been branded “disgusting” by many commentators on social media, with the caption “Irish Mainstream Media did their utmost to protect the Establishment and the interests of Western Imperialism as they tried to undermine Catherine Connolly’s Presidential bid. They failed…”