A man has been arrested by gardaí investigating an alleged assault on two women who were canvassing for Catherine Connolly in north Dublin yesterday evening.
The incident happened on the North Strand Road shortly before 4pm.
It occurred as Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald joined the canvass, a spokesperson for the party said.
It was reported to gardaí that two women were assaulted.
They did not require medical treatment at the scene, but gardaí said they understand one of the women had since attended the Mater Misericordiae University Hospital for further assessment.
Gardaí have said that the arrested man, who is aged in his 30s, is being held at a garda station in the Dublin region.