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A teacher is under investigation by police and council chiefs after making a torrent of bigoted posts glorifying the IRA on Twitter.

Anne-Marie Clements, 24, is supposed to be a role model for her Primary 7b pupils but made a series of hate-filled messages on social media.

The tweets, which praise the Provisional IRA and refer to “Orange b*******”, stunned parents at the school where she works.

One said: “This woman should be removed from her post and banned from teaching for life.”

In a Twitter post under her username x___annemarie, she wrote: “Every day’s a RA day.” The comment, about the IRA, refers to a masked gunman preparing to fire a rifle.

In another picture on Twitter, the Celtic fan referred to herself as a “Provo Princess”, reports the Daily Record.

She also posted a photo of herself with Celtic star Anthony Stokes, claiming: “Provo pals with Tony Stokes”.

And the teacher shared a selfie with First Minister Nicola Sturgeon who was none the wiser about the bigoted bile appearing online.

A holiday snap posted by Clements features her with a friend, with the message: “Pals who hate the Queen xxx”.

She works at St Mark’s Primary in Barrhead, near Glasgow. Council chiefs are investigating and police are also probing the posts.

Last night, a spokeswoman for East Renfrewshire Council refused to say if Clements had been suspended.

One parent said: “This woman seems to have been so unguarded about her prejudice, it makes you wonder what she is telling the kids.

“If it was one sectarian message you might give her the benefit of the doubt for being drunk or someone else sneaking into her account.

“But this is a long series of messages that consistently reveal her to be a bigot. She is obsessed with the Provos and IRA violence and she has photos up of IRA terrorists with balaclavas and rifles.”

Another added: “I think anyone would agree this behaviour should not be tolerated, never mind from someone teaching our children.”

East Renfrewshire Council confirmed they were investigating. Their spokeswoman said: “The council have a zero-tolerance policy regarding any form of activity which would incite hatred and the comments on social media are totally unacceptable.

“The matter is subject to a formal investigation through the council disciplinary process. The incident has also been reported to police.”

A police spokeswoman said: “We can confirm a report has been received regarding offensive comments posted online. Inquiries are ongoing to establish any criminality.”

At her home in Blantyre, Lanarkshire, last night, Clements declined to comment.