A man in his 30s has been charged following an alleged assault on Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman during a canvassing event in Dublin. The incident, which O’Gorman described as alarming, prompted immediate intervention by his Garda Protection Officer. In a statement, O’Gorman expressed concern over increasing threats faced by politicians, attributing the rise in violent incidents to rampant misinformation on social media. Leaders, including Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin, condemned the assault, emphasizing that violence has no place in a modern democracy.