A Kerry County Councillor is urging people to be kind to public representatives.
Fianna Fáil councillor Fionnán Fitzgerald says he's recently been subjected to intimidating and harassing text messages for over a week.
He tried to engage with the person and offered help, but says the stream of personal and abusive texts continued.
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He says he will block the number.
Cllr Fitzgerald thinks this is happening because he’s a politician.
He believes it might be an effort to deter him from answering genuine calls, if he doesn’t recognise the number.
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Cllr Fionnán Fitzgerald says he understands why people may get frustrated with public representatives but says everyone deserves to be treated with respect:
