The crux of the abuse happened in November 2020.
A Senator says she was forced offline after receiving violent sexual threats on social media.
Labour's Annie Hoey says she had to go off the internet for months because she was unable to cope with the abuse.
Hoey called on the Government to ban the non-consensual sharing of intimate images at the end of 2020.
Labour posted a video explaining the policy and Hoey appeared in it posted on social media.
The following day she was subject to abusive messages and threats of sexual violence.
Back in the chamber for the 3rd time today, this time discussing the great piece of legislation brought forward today on providing victims of sexual violence the right to representation and more protection in court settings. Well done @ReginaDo @lichamber and @paulinegalway pic.twitter.com/PAxTOJRxA4
— Annie Hoey 🌱 (@hoeyannie) April 27, 2022
The National Women's Council is launching a new toolkit to help protect women in public life from online threats.
Annie Hoey, who's originally from Drogheda, says the abuse became too much.
"I was leaving work and going home to see that person who I love more than anything in the world."
"I just, for myself, for my friends, for my family, just was like, I'm going to have to step back from this a little bit."
Hoey said other female politicians in the Dáil and Senate helped her deal with the abuse.
