Irish People Are Not Happy With The Guardian’s Brexit Front Page

James Fenton

Signed, sealed, delivered.

British Prime Minister Theresa May last night signed a letter which triggered Britain’s exit from the EU.

The story is unsurprisingly dominating the news today and prominent UK newspaper The Guardian has come up with a rather impressive-looking front page to mark to occasion:

Good morning, it’s the @guardian in London and here’s some of our coverage of today’s main story… pic.twitter.com/5F4XmYVX3q

— Guardian news (@guardiannews) March 29, 2017

All normal so far. Except for one thing. Along with the six counties of Northern Ireland, the publication has also nabbed a large chunk of the Republic including Donegal, Leitrim, Cavan and, somehow, even Wicklow.

Needless to say, Irish Twitter users haven’t been shy about pointing out the mistake:

you need to work on your map, we won’t let you take Donegal and Cavan!

— Siobhán (@WellNowUniverse) March 29, 2017

.@guardian Donegal is not part of Northern Ireland would have expected this from @Telegraph sort it out #brexit #Article50

— Donnchadh Galvin (@DonnchadhGalvin) March 29, 2017

what did Donegal do to the @guardian to deserve that fate?

— James T. Doyle (@JTDoyleFingal) March 29, 2017

Did the @Guardian just take Donegal & a bitta Sligo & Leitrim too?? https://t.co/66Hh4sNeYy

— ❄️Paul Anthony Ward ???????? (@PaulAnthonyWard) March 29, 2017

Oh dear. The Guardian seems to have Brexited Donegal, Leitrum and Cavan pic.twitter.com/XsSRJILrTc

— Matt Wells (@MatthewWells) March 29, 2017

Clever front page from @guardian but #BrexitDay appears to claim Donegal, Leitrim and Wicklow too #TheyreStaying #JigsawProblems #Ireland pic.twitter.com/MBHUMXmm43

— Dr Laura-Anne M Furlong (@LAMFurlong) March 29, 2017

‘Britain takes a step into the Unknown’ The Guardian newspaper takes Donegal, Cavan, Monaghan, Wicklow & Wexford out of EU. More Fake news pic.twitter.com/GYjDUwaGps

— Senator Mark Daly (@SenatorMarkDaly) March 29, 2017