'He turned up at my house': Threats of sexual violence against female TDs

'He turned up at my house': Threats of sexual violence against female TDs

Leinster House.

"It changed the way I lived, I wished I never went into politics, I didn't want to go on TV."

These are the words of a female TD who was left terrorised after being repeatedly harassed by a stranger. The harassment included a sexually violent explicit letter with references to rape and incest, sent to her home. 

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