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Brynmor Pattison

Mr Tayto 'breaks silence' after Gay Byrne post kerfuffle

Tayto has finally posted on social media following a recent kerfuffle over a tribute to Gay Byrne.

The crisp firm has been the talk of the island after deleting a tweet which showed mascot Mr Tayto saddened at the passing of the RTE legend.

And after Gaybo's daughter Crona had said that the broadcaster wouldn't have minded the initial tribute and neither did she, the company has roared back onto our timelines with another photo.

Mr Tayto blows a kiss in the new post, with three love hearts beside the besuited figure's hand. No text accompanies the tweet.

The new Mr Tayto post, in which he blows a kiss towards the viewer (Twitter/@MrTaytoIreland)

The tweet breaks a silence of some three days, during which debate had raged over whether the now-deleted post was appropriate or not.

It had read: "It's a sad day for the Nation (sic). Rest in peace Gay."

Earlier, former RTE and 4FM radio presenter Gareth O'Callaghan wrote a lengthy defence of the post on Facebook, describing it as "poignant and cute in a harmless, heartfelt way".

He concluded: "I know for sure that Gay would be having such a laugh today at the debate that has broken out over the comments of a cheese and onion crisp. Makes me want to laugh and cry."

And Gay Byrne's daughter Crona responded, saying: "Gareth, well said as always.

"I certainly don't have an issue with the post from Mr Tayto and I certainly don't think that dad would have had either!!"

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