Female councillors, particularly in Kerry, continue to report receiving unsettling and sinister calls from private numbers. They believe these calls are intended to intimidate them.

The organization representing local elected representatives in Ireland has expressed concern over the harassment of up to 70 female councillors across the country, with some receiving 'disturbing' sexual comments.

The Mayor of Wexford is the latest of an estimated 70 female councillors in Ireland to be targeted by an anonymous caller making disturbing claims.

An analysis of recent local elections in the Netherlands reveals that preference voting significantly increased the number of female councillors, with at least 504 women securing seats despite being in un-electable positions on their party lists.

Female councillors have reported receiving 'harassing and disturbing' calls from withheld numbers, prompting a public appeal to refrain from contacting them on private or anonymous lines.