Brandon Arrey, an Irish international athlete who recently appeared alongside justice minister Charlie Flanagan at the launch of a public consultation on hate speech, has been dropped by a sponsor over comments he made on social media as a teenager.

Members of the far-right campaigned against Arrey after he appeared with Flanagan at an event on October 24 to publicise the government’s consultation on new legislation to counteract hate speech against minority groups.

Arrey had used crude language about women in Twitter posts he wrote between the ages of 16 and 18. These have been highlighted by right-wing Twitter users over the past week. Arrey has since deleted his Twitter account.

Kinetica, an Irish sports nutrition business owned by Boyne Valley Foods in Meath, announced