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Irish Mirror
National
David Kent

New clip of Nigel Farage saying IRA slogan emerges after grilling from RTE's Claire Byrne

A new clip has surfaced of former UKIP leader Nigel Farage uttering the IRA slogan' Tiocfaidh ár lá'.

The infamous Brexiteer was left red-faced when a birthday message he had been asked to record contained the phrase 'up the ra' last week.

He has since claimed to have been unaware of what the slogan stood for.

He appeared on Claire Byrne Live on Monday night to try and explain the situation where many were delighted to see the interviewer grill Nigel about Irish history.

But Farage is one of many politicians and celebrities to use Cameo to earn cash.

The service allows people to record short messages for a variety of reasons, be it birthday wishes, holiday greetings or others.

And Farage is a regular user of the service - he charges €87 for a video message.

In a new clip, which has since been widely shared on social media, Farage addresses 'Gerard' to wish him a belated happy birthday and retirement.

He says: "They're looking forward to seeing you, and some of the old team, back at tiochfaidh ár lás in Brighton, I've had the full story, you were the team leader there for many years. And they hope you're having a happy retirement, as do I Gerard, enjoy."

The phrase translates as "our day will come" and has been associated with Irish Republicanism since the outbreak of the Troubles in the 1970s.

Hunger striker Bobby Sands had written it in a number of his letters while in the Maze Prison.

In the aftermath of the original 'up the ra' clip, Farage defended himself, telling the Mail: “If I saw ‘up the RA’ I would have looked at that as something very innocent, and wouldn’t have even known there was an implication to it.

”A lot of messages that I get are friends sending each other messages with their own little jokes or their own little words which I have to judge — and of course I reject some if they are crude or offensive.”

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