TD Maria Bailey was yesterday dumped as a Fine Gael election candidate.
The 'Swing-gate' politician had been intense under scrutiny since her compensation case for falling off a swing at the Dean Hotel in Dublin in 2015 came to light earlier this year.
The Taoiseach yesterday announced that Bailey would be removed as a candidate for the next general election following a meeting of party's national executive council.
But before the decision was announced the Dun Laoghaire TD released a letter published on social media confirming the sanction.
While the news of Bailey's deselection sent shock waves through the political world, social media users couldn't help but notice that Bailey made the unusual choice to write the letter in the comic sans.
Twitter users subsequently savaged the TD for the font choice.
One wrote: "I was going to read that letter but saw it was comic sans and thought this is either parody or for kids."
Another added: "Comic sans...the adult equivalent of crayons"
A third person wrote: "Using Comic Sans in this context is like going to a funeral in a Barney costume.
And Bailey was further embarrassed after people spotted that she had spelt Finance Minster Paschal Donohoe's name incorrectly in the letter.
A statement from Fine Gael yesterday said: “The Fine Gael Executive Council met this evening and following a recommendation from An Taoiseach Leo Varadkar, Deputy Maria Bailey has been removed from the Dun Laoghaire constituency ticket for the next General Election.
“On recommendation from the Taoiseach, the council has added councillor Jennifer Carroll MacNeill to the ticket.”
Bailey said in her letter that she was "disappointed " by her removal from the election ticket and told .
Her case caused major embarrassment for her party as Fine Gael is firmly against so-called “compo culture” where false or exaggerated insurance claims are driving up premiums for everybody else.
