A FAMILY has been left terrorised after their address was posted on a land league Facebook page which wrongly claimed a receiver the group has an issue with lives there.

The group alleges he is responsible for evicting families from their homes - a claim the receiver denies.

However the receiver does not live at the property posted on Facebook – leaving the home’s current residents facing a campaign of intimidation by activists.

Nicole, who has two young children aged five and seven, told Independent.ie about how the family have felt intimidated since their address was posted.

“We were wondering why we were getting all this attention at our house," she said.

“There were a lot of people walking by, and posting Christmas cards with threatening messages on them through the letter box.

“I did a Google search of my own address to see what popped up, and found that it had been posted on this Facebook page saying that the receiver lives here.”

She told Independent.ie that as well as the threatening messages written on Christmas cards, she has also had dog excrement smeared on her car and abuse shouted at her.

She also discovered that the group are now planning a protest outside her house on Christmas day.

“They’re talking about organising a protest outside on Christmas. We tried to contact these people to tell them he doesn’t live here but to no avail. We’re not hiding him under the kitchen table," she continued.

“There’s no number or address on the page for me to get in touch with them. I’ve tried friending them as well.”

The family have only lived in the property since the Summer.

The Land League said it has removed the offending post.

"We are aware that a post by a third party was shared on the Land League Facebook and other Facebook pages," it said.

"The Land League did not post this.

"We immediately removed the post when drawn to or attention.

"We have been in contact with the home owners this morning to clarify that we had no involvement with this post or the actions of others."

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