A woman in Scotland has been slated for creating and selling 'IRA dolls' for about €100 each.

Ms. Mariea Hughes, 46, has been making the figurines since earlier this year. The dolls even come with mini-assault rifles.

Hughes was interviewed by The Sunday Post, and told them that she's 'not sorry about it' despite huge uproar against the 'tasteless' dolls.

Hughes, based in Cumbernauld, sells the dolls for about £100. She claims to have made about ten of them, and that the materials are expensive.


The dolls are dressed in sunglasses, berets, black ties and black plastic macs - they also wear tiny badges on their berets that commemorate the 1916 Easter Rising.

Hughes even claims that politicians from the Republic of Ireland have ordered dolls from her.

She maintains that she has no regrets about making such a controversial item, even after it has been slammed as insensitive to the survivors and victims of the Troubles.

A charity set up after the 1933 Cheshire bombing, the Tim Parry Johnathan Ball Foundation For Peace, has spoken out about the dolls.

The charity's chief executive Nick Taylor has explained that 'symbolism plays an important part in the politics of Northern Ireland and has been a source of debate and conflict whether that be to do with flags, parades, language or even colours'.


“If we are to build a lasting peace, then we need to be sensitive to those affected by the past, and anyone producing a doll that associates with violence and holds a gun is bound to cause controversy and upset amongst victims and survivors,” he stated.

Ms. Hughes claims to still be taking orders for new dolls.