Restaurants dealing with 'malicious, coordinated' campaign of abuse from anti-vaccine cert protesters A Facebook page is coordinating an online campaign against businesses that reopened indoor dining this week. By Gráinne Ní Aodha Thursday 29 Jul 2021, 12:05 AM 6 hours ago 13,939 Views 41 Comments Image: Shutterstock/Tero Vesalainen Image: Shutterstock/Tero Vesalainen THE GOVERNMENT HAS been told that pubs and restaurants have been the subject of coordinated online abuse and fake reviews this week by those opposing the use of Covid-19 vaccine certs to attend indoor dining. The Restaurant Association of Ireland has written a letter to the Government about the issue, as well as to Facebook and Google. It is to contact the Garda Commissioner over ‘fraudulent’ posts that it said is causing its members’ businesses to suffer.