Gardai are investigating an incident that allegedly saw excrement thrown at junior minister Anne Rabbitte and Fine Gael TD Ciaran Cannon.
It is understood that the incident happened at a public meeting about a proposed bio-gas plant in Gort, Co Galway, on Wednesday evening.
Ms Rabbitte, Fianna Fail TD for Galway East and Minister of State for Disability, posted about the ordeal on Twitter on Wednesday evening.