People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy to contact gardaí after death threat sprayed on wall near his family home

The words “Paul Murphy RIP” ­appeared on a wall near his house in Tallaght over the weekend.

The graffiti has since been removed and Mr Murphy said he will be contacting gardaí.

He spoke of his frustration that people on the far right intimidate politicians with abuse and “threatening behaviour”.

“It is frustrating that now when we’re going out canvassing, we know this can happen, when we’re doing a public meeting, or having a protest, that this can happen,” he said.

“It is frustrating. But if we decided to stop doing those things then basically you’re allowing them to win.”

Protests outside the homes of politicians are becoming more common, with a protest outside Equality ­Minister Roderic O’Gorman’s home recently branded “disgraceful” and “chilling” due to the presence of masked men.

Gardaí are currently investigating a third call threatening the security of Justice Minister Helen McEntee that was made on Saturday. The threat follows two that were made last Wednesday which prompted the evacuation of Ms McEntee’s home.

Politicians both in the Government and opposition are increasingly being targeted near their homes and in ­public, with video footage circulating on social media in recent days of insults hurled at former taoiseach Leo Varadkar as he sat outside a shop with a friend.

Mr Murphy has previously had protesters outside his home, where he lives with his young family.

“Both of these kind of threats, but also the camera in your face when you’re out doing something… it aims to discourage people from being out and about, engaging in democracy, in all its different forms,” he said.

Mr Murphy said there is “no question” that a “campaign of terror” is being waged “by certain racist, far-right elements that is against public representatives that they disagree with”.

“Crucially it’s also against migrants, those who are standing up for refugees, LGBTQ+ people. It isn’t just public representatives who are in the front line of this,” he said, adding there is a “big majority” in Irish society who do not like to see politicians threatened, buildings burned down or migrants attacked.

“I think that big majority needs to express itself – that’s what will push these people back, they will realise that they’re a very small minority,” he said.

His party colleague Dublin South Central TD Bríd Smith, who is running to be an MEP in Dublin, also condemned the graffiti outside of his house.

“Paul and People Before Profit will not be intimidated by the far right,” she said. “We will redouble our efforts to mobilise broad campaigns against the far right.

“We will also continue to oppose the neoliberal housing, health and care policies of this and successive governments that do so much damage to our society and create the fear and despair that feeds the far right. Far-right agitators are intimidating people at their homes.

“It should be clear to everyone by now that we’re facing a sustained and escalating far-right terror campaign.”