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| Aoife Moore |
A female member of the protestors was arrested and later fined for breaching public health laws.
Ms Chu, who was born in Dublin to Chinese parents, has come under sustained and unrelenting abuse online from racist and far-right accounts since becoming lord mayor of Dublin.
She was on the forecourt of the Mansion House when she was approached by five people holding placards and posters. One read "our lives matter" – a play on the Black Lives Matter movement of which Ms Chu has been vocally supportive.
"I didn't think my life was in danger but it was deeply uncomfortable," Ms Chu said.
"They've been calling for my resignation since I spoke about the shooting of George Nkencho. A woman stopped me and stuck her hand out, touching my body, and said: ''pleased to meet you'.
"I said I couldn't shake her hand because of Covid, and then I realised someone was filming me.
Ms Chu, who was born in Dublin to Chinese parents, has come under sustained and unrelenting abuse online from racist and far-right accounts since becoming lord mayor of Dublin.
She was on the forecourt of the Mansion House when she was approached by five people holding placards and posters. One read "our lives matter" – a play on the Black Lives Matter movement of which Ms Chu has been vocally supportive.
"I didn't think my life was in danger but it was deeply uncomfortable," Ms Chu said.
"They've been calling for my resignation since I spoke about the shooting of George Nkencho. A woman stopped me and stuck her hand out, touching my body, and said: ''pleased to meet you'.
"I said I couldn't shake her hand because of Covid, and then I realised someone was filming me.
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