James McClean has been fined two weeks' wages by Stoke City and agreed to delete his Instagram account after posting an offensive picture of himself home schooling his children in a balaclava.
The image, which was accompanied by a caption that read 'today's school lesson – history' and laughing emojis, was interpreted as a reference to the IRA.
Sportsmail exclusively revealed that McClean faced a dressing down from his club after posting the image yesterday.
The Championship club announced that McClean had been punished over his actions, saying: 'Stoke City can confirm that, following an internal disciplinary review, disciplinary action has been taken against James McClean for an inappropriate social media post.