The posters were spotted in Limerick city centre at the weekend

Far-right members of an anonymous online message board are behind a series of inflammatory posters that appeared in Limerick city, an analysis has found.

Posters stating “Islam is RIGHT about women” were placed above street signs in a number of cities around the world over the past week as part of a hoax campaign.

Elisa O’Donovan, a Social Democrats councillor, said that she took down five of the posters in Limerick city centre on Sunday and handed them in at a garda station. She said that the posters were clearly intended to “incite hate” towards “either women or Muslims”.

An analysis by Storyful, the social media intelligence agency, found that the posters originated on 4chan, the anonymous online message board. The online community is known