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# Inappropriate

Last year
2022
# Inappropriate
Tottenham call for fans to ‘move on’ from the Y-word
The club’s stance has been welcomed by anti-discrimination charities.
All time
# Inappropriate
'Look out for text kisses and flirting': Garda policy orders officers to report colleagues for inappropriate relationships
The Garda Anti-Corruption Unit went live late last year.
# Inappropriate
'Players are in the public spotlight, they have to behave accordingly'
Ireland international Sean O’Brien was sanctioned by the IRFU last month for inappropriate behaviour.
# losing out
Schools are teaching 'difficult' children for fewer hours as an invisible way of suspending them
Ombudsman Dr Niall Muldoon said anecdotal evidence shows some children suffer disproportionately from “reduced timetables”.
# Inappropriate
New Zealand women's team gets apology over 'bullying' coach
“We are deeply sorry that these events occurred and for the distress caused,” NZF president Deryck Shaw said.
# New York
Naughten to meet Facebook management to discuss 'deep concerns' about harmful content
A Dispatches documentary revealed that inappropriate content remained on the social media platform despite being reported.
# Inappropriate
Spurs apologise for sexist survey question
A screengrab of the email, complete with a club crest at the top, said Tottenham wanted to find out about fans’ views.
# Inappropriate
An NFL team asked a rookie if he 'liked men' and if his mother 'sells herself'
Derrius Guice faced the questions at the NFL combine last weekend.
# Inappropriate
British boxer has licence suspended over tweets about fighter who died last weekend
Super-middleweight Tyan Booth posted offensive comments regarding Scott Westgarth, who passed away shortly after fighting last weekend.
# Inappropriate
Chelsea loanee fined for grabbing opponent's groin
Matt Miazga was found to have squeezed Heerenveen’s Denzel Dumfries, while his team-mate has been suspended for elbowing the same player.
# Inappropriate
US senator and former comedian accused of kissing and groping woman without consent
Leeann Tweeden also accused Al Franken of posing for a photo with his hands on her breasts as she slept.
# Inappropriate
'Are you the fat guy in Hollywood still?': This excruciating old interview with Jonah Hill is going viral
18 seconds of pure awkward.
# Inappropriate
More misery for Moyes as FA charge Sunderland boss over 'slap' remark to female reporter
The Sunderland boss’s comments were deemed to have brought the game into disrepute.
# Offensive
Disney pulls Halloween costume after accusations of 'brown face'
Disney, which will release the movie, Moana, later this year, said it was withdrawing the outfit from sale and regretted the offence it caused.
# Inappropriate
Idris Elba's Bastille Day pulled from cinemas after Nice lorry massacre
Billboards for the movie have also been taken down in France.
# TOO FAR
A US holocaust museum is asking Pokémon Go players to keep away
The museum is trying to remove itself from the game as people visit it to catch Pokémon.
# Inappropriate
Manchester police apologise for using Hillsborough disaster image in recruitment poster
The image was recalled within 90 minutes of being circulated.
# too happy
A loose light has given this Coke ad in Dublin a brand new (unfortunate) meaning
Santa please, not here.
# sexy pizza rat
16 of the most inappropriate 'sexy' Halloween costumes for women
GIVE US STRENGTH.
# Inappropriate
Thai TV station apologises for re-enacting deadly bombing
Meanwhile, two potential suspects have been cleared.
# Privacy
London police tweeted - then deleted - this photo of a famous comedian taken from a helicopter
The photo taken of Michael McIntyre has spurred an investigation.
# Tube
Police looking for man who was 'touching himself inappropriately' on crowded train
He was reportedly filming a woman at the time.
# crease yourself
A woman was shocked at this 'inappropriate detail' on her daughter's cake
Is she right, or does she just have a dirty mind?
# Inappropriate
People are VERY angry about the name of this woman's lipstick
Kat Von D doesn’t get what all the fuss is about.
# room rate
Dublin hotel tells Ed Sheeran fans to stay in homeless shelters if not happy with its price
Peter McVerry Trust said, “It’s an extremely inappropriate way to link to our services.”
# Inappropriate
This Seahawks player must be from Shelbyville because he has a weird view of his cousins
Michael Bennett needs to find a better analogy to describe the opposition.
# tommy mcanairey
Bord Gáis: We didn't mean to offend with 'inappropriate' new singing canary ad
Tommy McAnairey has got people’s backs up.
# chuckle brothers
People are freaking out about this Chuckle Brothers court selfie
It has been described as “inappropriate”.
# dicks
Parents lose it after bags of penis-shaped jellies are sold to their kids
With good reason.
# State Papers
This underwear ad in the RTÉ Guide caused a bit of a stir in 1978
In the late 70s and early 80s, there were also a number of complaints about about inappropriate content in men’s magazines.
# Beauty Contest
Minister Fitzgerald will 'monitor' beauty pageant situation, but no plans for a ban
Minister Frances Fitzgerald said she was pleased the public’s outcry forced the child beauty contest to retreat to a pub.
# USA
Herman Cain faces affair allegations
The woman, Ginger White (pictured) said that she had an affair with the married US Republican presidential hopeful for 13 years.
# Apology
Rhinos fine Bailey over tsunami comments
The Leeds Rhinos prop has issued a statement apologising for insensitive remarks made on Facebook.