Former Green Party senator Dan Boyle has written on Twitter about being assaulted over the weekend.
In a message posted on his Twitter account on Saturday evening, Mr Boyle wrote: “Last night some 20-year-old decided his head and fist should meet my face. Glad to see the quality of debate isn’t diminishing.”
To another Twitter account holder he wrote: “Thanks for the concern. With gardaí. Not political or Twitter-related. No damage done. He was too drunk. It was the act rather than the effect of the random violence that shocked me.”
A Garda spokesman said he could not comment on an individual case.