A politician in the North has claimed the social media account of a bar she runs was ‘hacked’ after a comment celebrating the damage done to homes and businesses was reported under a news article.
The comment on a BBC News NI article detailing the devastation faced by businesses in the area due to Storm Ciarán was left by a Facebook account claiming to represent the Blackwater Bar.READ MORE: Football pitch set alight as Dublin Fire Brigade shares interactive map of Halloween bonfires The comment posted by an account with the name ‘Blackwater Bar’ under the video said: “Good enough for Newry and everyone in it.”When contacted by Belfast Live, the DUP councillor said she had no knowledge that the comment had been posted and that the account was ‘definitely hacked’.“I’m actually shocked to hear what you are saying, I wouldn’t think for one minute that any one of us would make a comment like that.