The Taoiseach became embroiled in an online spat with a street artist after using an image of one of his artworks in a TikTok video.
Dublin graffiti artist Asbestos took to social media to express his anger and frustration that Micheal Martin had used an image of his 'What is Home?' mural on his TikTok account. The giant mural of a sad figure with a cardboard house over his head is located on the side of a building on South Main St in Cork City, in the Taoiseach's constituency of Cork South Central.
The Taoiseach included the image in a video compilation of the best parts of Cork set to the 'it's corn' sound that went viral a couple of months ago, using ‘it’s Cork’ instead. The street artist objected to the use of the image saying that both the mural and the photo used are copyrighted to him, and that their inclusion in the Government leader's TikTok suggests that the artist is endorsing him.
