Transgender woman threatened online days after Cork attack

Transgender support group Gender Rebels Cork said that Facebook was slow to deal with the matter.

'Facebook repeatedly refused to deal with the page and the resulting death threats,' said a spokesperson for transgender support group Gender Rebels Cork.

A transgender woman who was beaten on a Cork City street was threatened online in the days after the attack, prompting renewed calls for tighter controls on social media platforms.

Several comments were posted on a Facebook page, some of which contained false allegations about the victim, some which threatened her, and others which sought to justify the attack, the Irish Examiner has learned.