Frank Feighan (Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I am only paraphrasing what was mentioned on the radio yesterday. This man was falsely identified as a convicted child abuser and he received vile verbal abuse from, effectively, a mob which followed him in Monasterevin in County Kildare. His photograph and his name were put up on a website. People who have any issues should contact the Garda. This man took refuge in a pub in Monasterevin.The Garda Síochána effectively had to rescue him from a vigilante mob. During his interview on radio, this man was very articulate and measured but he did point out that no one had apologised or admitted they got it wrong. There is an atmosphere in this country now of people falsely accusing other people on social media. The Garda Síochána is the proper authority to deal with this sort of situation. I appeal to people not to take the law into their own hands and not to ignore that this man has rights and should be protected. As I said, this man, though not physically assaulted, was abused vilely. In these types of situations, people should contact the Garda Síochána and not try to take the law into their own hands.