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Micheál Martin calls for videos of “stomach-churning” Navan attack on schoolboy to be removed from social media

The Fianna Fáil leader said ‘the country is sickened and very disturbed by this shocking attack on this young boy’

  • May 18, 2023
Micheál Martin has in the Dáil condemned a “stomach-churning” attack on a teenager which was shared online

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has condemned a “stomach-churning” attack on a teenager which was shared online as the opposition said social media companies are “not doing enough” to remove violent bullying content.

Speaking during Leaders’ Questions, Martin said: “I think the country is sickened and very disturbed by this shocking attack on this young boy.

“The random violent nature of it, the videoing of it and the posting of the video online.”

He said there had ...