Editing Patrick Collison (section)

==''Forbes'' article==
A profile of the brothers published in ''[[Forbes]]'' in 2021 claimed the brothers had "escaped" from Limerick, describing it as a "warzone" because of a gang feud and it was "the 'murder capital' of Europe".<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison>{{Cite news|title=Forbes article about Stripe brothers which called Limerick 'stab city' removed after online backlash|url=https://www.thejournal.ie/forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison-5405891-Apr2021/|last=McDermott|first=Stephen|date=10 April 2021|access-date=10 April 2021|work=[[TheJournal.ie]]|archive-date=10 April 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210410082636/https://www.thejournal.ie/forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison-5405891-Apr2021/|url-status=live}}</ref> It claimed "shootings, pipe bomb attacks, and stabbings" happened there every night.<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/> It also claimed that "Some bad neighbourhoods are even walled off by a dirty graffitied 10-foot-high barrier, like the Berlin Wall".<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/>

The article received a lot of publicity online, causing a backlash.<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/> Collison tweeted "Not only mistaken about Limerick but the idea of 'overcoming' anything is crazy. We are who we are because we grew up where we did".<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/> John tweeted it was "daft".<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/> [[Patrick O'Donovan]] called on the magazine and author to apologise to the people of Limerick "for the insult and hurt caused" by it.<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/> He also tweeted "I am calling on them to come to Limerick where I will gladly set the record straight in respect of what our county and city has to offer as opposed to what your work of fiction depicts," and "Please let me know when suits to visit."<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/> [[Niall Collins]] tweeted that the article was a "disgraceful description of Limerick, home to so many fine and decent people".<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/>

The article was removed from the website on 9 April 2021.<ref name=tj-forbes-article-limerick-stripe-brother-john-patrick-collison/>