"It's very easy to get rid of you" and "we know where you are" were among the threats recently received by a Waterford councillor.
Mairéad Tobin says all the anonymous messages and calls stemmed from news that the hotel in Lismore was to become a direct provision centre.
Despite councillors not having been informed that this was going to happen, Councillor Tobin says the abusive messages kept coming.
The Fianna Fáil representative was co-opted onto the council in October, following the sudden passing of her father, sitting councillor James Tobin last summer.
Having raised it at Monday's Dungarvan/Lismore District meeting, the Fianna Fáil representative spoke to Damien Tiernan on Déise Today earlier.
To listen, click the play button in the centre of the image above.
