Louth Councillors Told Abuse of Politicians Predominantly Aimed at Females -20/02/2026

Abuse received by politicians is predominantly aimed at women, Louth councillors have been told. Councillors were told during a presentation by the Association of Irish Local Government (AILG) that all political parties are facing issues getting people to run in the next local and general elections. A spokesperson for AILG said parties are particularly struggling to recruit female candidates as online abuse is "predominantly leaning towards females". Mayor of Drogheda, Cllr Michelle Hall said she had been subjected to "a lot of online abuse" which she said was "very difficult to deal with". Mayor Hall said receiving online abuse was a "normal occurrence" and criticised social media companies saying they had "refused to work" with her in an effort to take abusive posts off their platforms.Mayor Hall joined us on The Agenda this morning to talk to us some more about this. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.