An extract from the Dublin Live report:
Councillor Doyle, who represents Ongar, told Dublin Live: “I sensed that something wasn’t right. I tried keeping things calm because I could see he was very agitated.”
She said that the other man just stood there and looked on. She said: “He demanded my views on immigration. I responded back to him that I believe in lawful, measured immigration with the background infrastructure to cope.
“He wasn’t happy enough with that and he just kept going. The language he was coming out with. He accused me of being part of the establishment and it just went on and on.”
As the situation escalated, the man took out his phone and began to record Cllr Doyle while screaming in her face. She added: “My husband, Derek, who was behind me walked in front of me to protect me. I told the man to stop. I didn’t want to be videoed. He said that he would destroy me.”
When her husband told him to stop recording her, Cllr Doyle said the man, who was in his early 40s, “went ballistic” and began to attack the two. She said: “He threw a punch at my husband. I shielded my husband. Where I got the strength from I don’t know.
Tania Doyle calls on the state to file charges:
Both Cllr Doyle and her husband sustained painful injuries during the incident. Her husband’s glasses were smashed into his face during the attack. She said: “His face was full of blood. He has a gash across his head and nose. He is black and blue.
“My wrist and my hands are swollen. Every bone in my body is sore. I omitted twice after I got home that night.”
The incident has left the whole family traumatised. She said: “We lost two days where we couldn’t cope. I want him caught and charged because I don’t want this happening to anyone else.”
Link : “I feared for our lives” – Dublin Councillor Tania Doyle attacked by racist thug
Correspondents are invited to write reports of similar incidents, and help to co-ordinate resistance.
See also this post on the Cedar Lounge Revolution Site : Another attack on election candidates – Cedar Lounge Revolution.
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