And he said Mr Gavin would have the full support of his party in seeking to have the smears erased from social media plaforms. They will just invent stories to undermine politics, to undermine legitimate candidates and the legitimacy of those candidates, and cause hurt to families," said Mr Martin. The claims first surfaced shortly after Mr Gavin was chosen by the Taoiseach and his party to contest the Presidential election. Mr Gavin has come out to say the claims are entirely false and malicious and that he will be taking action. Mr Gavin added that as president, he would continue to call out the “failure of our digital culture”.