‘I hadn’t thought about it until it went on social media and everyone started contacting me,’ says Linkwinstar Mattathil Mathew
A Fine Gael local election candidate in north Dublin has played down an incident over the weekend in which he was verbally abused by a number of men who forced him to take down his posters while canvassing.
Mr Mattathil Mathew, who works in healthcare and has been living in Ireland for 20 years, said on Monday that he had not reported the incident to gardaí and “didn’t take it seriously”.Bruce Springsteen in Croke Park review: blockbuster performance closes Irish tour on an emotion-filled evening“I hadn’t thought about it until it went on social media and everyone started contacting me,” he said. “I wasn’t upset.
Mr Mattathil Mathew who is running as a local candidate for the first time also said the incident would not deter him and he would continue his campaign, promising to “work hard” for his community. Janet Horner, a Green Party councillor for the north inner city, spoke of how she was hit and threatened while out canvassing and hanging posters.
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