A couple is considering leaving Ireland, after receiving online racist abuse for appearing in a Lidl advert.
Fiona Ryan, her partner Jonathan Mathis and their son appear in 'The Big Save' campaign on TV and billboards.
However they say they've received racist abuse online after appearing in the ads.
Mr Mathis is originally from Brazil, but grew up in England.
In a statement, Lidl says: "Following offensive tweets from Gemma O'Doherty we decided to block and report her directly to Twitter.
"We are very proud of our multicultural and diverse team and our customers across Ireland.
"We are proud to work with and serve each and every one of them. Everyone is welcome in our stores."
Fiona says she doesn't think Ireland is a safe place to bring up their son.
Fiona Ryan appears in the Lidl advert | Image: YouTube/Lidl Ireland"We received online hate speech in response to a tweet that was tweeted by a former journalist.
"I just never realised that Ireland had such hatred, and the fact that it's actually allowed out there through no legislation.
"There's no Government legislation that protects minorities, and I never knew that before."
"Basically the abuse was pointed at our multi-cultural relationship - the term 'the great replacement' was used as a derogatory term I suppose to kind of deter against multi-racial relationships and to say that we weren't an actual real family, [that] we don't represent Irish families".
"When in fact we do - there's so many beautiful cultures out there that are now living in Ireland that needs to be protected by law".
"I've got a 22-month-old son who is not protected to be who he is in this country... why would I bring my son up in a country who doesn't actually protect his rights to be who he is?"
