A prominent pro-life Irish politician who was assaulted on September 16 while driving has said that he “will not be deterred” from continuing his work. Michael Healy-Rae TD urged a public conversation about toxicity directed towards public representatives.

Healy-Rae, TD for Kerry, had stopped at a traffic light in central Dublin when he was attacked by a man. Following the attack, he was treated at St Vincent’s University Hospital and has since been released, but required stitches for a head wound.