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Female councillors speak out about being sent pornographic images
4th May 2021
A number of female councillors have spoken out about pornographic images being sent to their personal phone numbers amid concerns about home addresses being readily accessible online.
It comes as Independent Limerick City West councillor Elisa O’Donovan shared, on Twitter at the weekend, a screenshot of a WhatsApp message sent to her.
‘My day started with a WhatsApp message sent to my phone of a picture of an erect penis,’ she said.
Independent Limerick City West councillor Elisa O’Donovan branded a WhatsApp message sent to her as ‘incredibly intrusive’. Pic: Cllr Elisa O’Donovan/Twitter
She branded the picture ‘incredibly intrusive’ and said she had reported the incident to gardaí.
One Dublin councillor said yesterday that the abuse female politicians have to face is ‘unbelievable’.
She started receiving lewd messages from a man on Facebook after she posted a picture on her professional
The situation escalated and the man started sending her pornographic pictures and videos.
She noted that councillors’ addresses and phone numbers are usually available online. This led to concerns about whether or not the man knew where she lived.
Her comments come just days after former Labour senator Lorraine Higgins told RTÉ’s Brendan O’Connor she decided to leave politics due to constant abuse.
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