The Football Association of Ireland has offered support to James McClean after the Stoke City midfielder revealed a recent threat sent to him on social media.
The Republic of Ireland international shared a direct message he received on Instagram, that threatened to set his family home on fire in a string of abusive messages.
"To abuse or threaten James or any player because of his nationality should not be tolerated by society," said FAI chief executive Jonathan Hill.
"Unfortunately, such behaviour is all too common now on social media."
"Only last week we commended the stance taken by English football against the abuse of footballers across all social media channels and we are examining how best we can take a similar stance.