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\nMichael Healy-Rae was brought to Kevin Street Garda Station following the incident<\/p>\n
A man in his 50s has been charged in relation to the investigation into an assault on Kerry TD Michael Healy-Rae in Dublin on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n
He is due to appear before a sitting of Dublin District Court at the Criminal Courts of Justice today at 10.30am.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed say that the investigation is ongoing.<\/p>\n
Mr Healy-Rae was travelling in his own vehicle on Cork Street in Dublin city at around 4.10pm on Wednesday when he was approached by a man who assaulted him through the window of his car.<\/p>\n
Following the assault, the Kerry TD was taken from the road by garda\u00ed who were quickly on the scene.<\/p>\n
They took him to Kevin Street Garda Station and an ambulance was called.<\/p>\n
He attended St Vincent’s University Hospital for his injuries, and was discharged around 9pm on Wednesday night, having needed stitches for injuries to his face and mouth.<\/p>\n
The former minister of state had been in Leinster House earlier and was on his way home when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
Garda Assistant Commissioner for the Dublin Metropolitan Region Jonathan Roberts said it could not be ruled out that the motivation for the attack was due to Mr Healy-Rae’s role as an elected representative.<\/p>\n
‘I will not be deterred from continuing my work’ – Healy-Rae<\/p>\n
Mr Healy-Rae said he will not be deterred from his work as a TD following the assault.<\/p>\n
In a statement, he said: “Whatever the intention behind this attack, I will not be deterred from continuing my work or from representing the people of Kerry to the very best of my ability.<\/p>\n
“However, we do need to have a serious conversation about the growing toxicity directed towards politicians and public representatives.<\/p>\n
“Disagreement and robust political debate are entirely legitimate, but personal abuse, intimidation and violence can never be accepted or normalised in a democratic society.”<\/p>\n
Mr Healy-Rae thanked garda\u00ed at Kevin Street Garda Station, paramedics and staff at St Vincent’s Hospital “for the care and assistance they gave me”.<\/p>\n
“I am also deeply grateful to the thousands of people from Kerry and across the country who have contacted me and my family. Your kindness and good wishes have meant a great deal to us,” he said.<\/p>\n
Mr Healy-Rae has returned home to Kilgarvan and said he looks forward to “getting back to work in the coming days”.<\/p>\n
His family said he is going to spend the next few days resting as he recovers from his injuries.<\/p>\n
His son said his father is “a bit shook and a bit sore.”<\/p>\n
\nMichael Healy-Rae was brought to Kevin Street Garda Station following the incident<\/p>\n
Speaking on Radio Kerry, Jackie Healy-Rae Jr said it was lucky his father’s injuries were “not too serious”.<\/p>\n
He said he was speaking to his father over the phone when the incident occurred.<\/p>\n
“I could hear everything that was happening… I could hear someone shouting from a distance and then an awful commotion… it turned to chaos,” he said.<\/p>\n
He added that his father has been “blindsided” by a man who approached the car and attacked him.<\/p>\n
The window of Michael Healy-Rae’s car was down when the man approached.<\/p>\n
Garda\u00ed are appealing for witnesses, particularly anyone who may have camera footage from the area at the time, to contact them.<\/p>\n
Anyone with information is asked to contact Kevin Street Garda Station 01 6669400 or the Garda Confidential Line at 1800 666 111.<\/p>\n
Additional reporting: M\u00edche\u00e1l Lehane, Maggie Doyle, Harry Manning, PA<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"A man in his 50s has been charged in relation to the investigation into an assault on Kerry…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":628231,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[61,60,43],"class_list":["post-628230","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-ireland","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628230","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=628230"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/628230\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/628231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=628230"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=628230"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=628230"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}