Paschal Donohoe: ‘Coordinated efforts’ are being made to intimidate politicians

today, Paschal Donohoe said he is concerned by the rise of intimidation techniques, but noted it was coming from a small subset of the population.

A video circulating online shows an RTÉ journalist being surrounded and questioned by attendees of an anti-immigration protest in Coolock last week.“There are efforts made to intimidate politicians and increasingly journalists,” he said.“It’s certainly coordinated at these events themselves.CivilThe overwhelming majority of people are completely civil and completely decent in expressing opinions to politicians and others even when they completely disagree with them,” he said.

“I think we do a disservice to the overwhelming majority of people in our country who recognise the role of politicians and journalists, even if they don’t like us. “We perhaps amplify a bit too much the voices of a tiny minority of people by giving an indication that they can capture or change the public debate.”Minister Donohoe also said he had no interest in becoming party leader“I’ve been asked this question for years if I’d like to be party leader or Taoiseach and I always say the answer to “that question is no,” he said.

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