Ciarán Cannon hits out after 'bag of sh*t' thrown at him and Anne Rabbitte 

'The incident last night is indicative of an increasing level of toxicity and aggression directed towards politicians of all parties'

Ciarán Cannon along with junior minister Anne Rabbitte had a 'bag of sh*t' thrown at both of them at a public meeting in Galway.

“Nobody died but it wasn’t nice,” is how Fine Gael TD Ciarán Cannon described the incident on Wednesday night in Gort, Co Galway.

Mr Cannon, along with junior minister Anne Rabbitte, had a “bag of sh*t” thrown at both of them at a public meeting in the town.