People Aren’t Happy About Leo Varadkar’s Princess Diana Tweet

Unless you've been living under a rock this week you'll know that yesterday marked the 20th anniversary of the death of Diana, Princess Of Wales.

Many people saw the occasion as an opportunity to reflect on the untimely death of a young mother and hero to millions around the world.

Our own Taoiseach Leo Varadkar was one of those people as he took to Twitter to state that he remembers the events of August 31 1997 very well.

Still remember where I was the moment I heard Diana had died. Hard to believe it's twenty years. #Diana20Years
— Leo Varadkar (@campaignforleo) August 31, 2017

All well and good but the timing of our leader's tribute hasn't gone down well at all after the news emerged that two homeless people have died in Ireland over the past 24 hours.

It's fair to say Leo is facing quite the backlash.

Jack, he died on Suffolk Street last night. He was in #ApolloHouse but ye got it shut down. pic.twitter.com/st64ryWfD5
— Revolution???? (@Revolution_IRL) August 31, 2017

He tweets about Diana dying 20 years ago yet not a mention of two homeless people dying because of government failure . His government
— Jamie (@JayKenny1989) September 1, 2017

Still remember where I was the moment heard that another two homeless died in or near our Capital city .. get to work Leo
— Joseph Clancy (@josephrobertj) August 31, 2017

I cannot believe this is your real account. A leader ? God help us all
— dave dalton (@twenty6dave) August 31, 2017