"Up The Duff" Flag Removed - May Be Offensive to Non-Nationals.

Coombe bosses strike Duff note

It was the poster which had even the sternest maternity matron at The Coombe hospital cracking a secret smile: an image of footballer Damien Duff’s face with the words ‘The Girls from the Coombe, Up The Duff’ on a tricolour background.
But now the witty image has been taken down from the walls of the famous Dublin maternity hospital on the orders of ­management.
And it has even been claimed that the poster was removed because it might offend non-nationals.


From here to maternity: The offending poster in the Coombe

The image had already been widely circulated on the internet before it was taken down on Friday.
‘Up the Duff’ is Dublin slang for being pregnant.
A visitor to the hospital who had captured the poster on their camera phone used social networking site Broadsheet.ie to report that it had been taken down. The person, calling themselves ‘ProudToBeIrish’ said: ‘Recently spotted this in the Coombe along with other Irish flags etc and cheered me up.
‘Returned another day and noticed it was all gone. Being nosey, I asked why.
‘Apparently higher-ups in the hospital made them take it down in case it offended non-Irish patients!
‘I for one am now a very offended Irish person. Political correctness gone more than mad. Shame!’
A hospital spokesman said: ‘It was up for a short while and it was reported. It was taken down after management asked for it to be removed. It was only up for a few hours and it was only one poster.’