DUBLIN, Nov. 12 (Xinhua) -- Over half of the members of the lower house of the Irish parliament or TDs in Ireland claimed that they had received a death threat, according to a survey released on Tuesday.
The survey, conducted by a radio program of the Irish national radio and television broadcaster RTE, said 52 percent of the TDs surveyed said that they had received a death threat and nearly seven out of ten TDs had received a threat of physical violence against them.
Currently there are 158 TDs in Ireland. Fifty-four percent of them responded to the survey which covered a range of questions relating to their experiences of serious threats made against them, said the survey.
Of those TDs who said that they had received a death threat, 25 percent said that the threats on their lives were delivered in person.
Of all the TDs surveyed, 37 percent said that a family member had received threatening or abusive messages.
Organizers of the survey said that the survey was conducted following the recent reports of the threats issued against some local politicians.
