Mr Burke has been in jail since November for breaches of a court order directing him not to trespass at Wilson’s Hospital School where he worked.

Head of the National Police Chiefs’ Council Gavin Stephens said officers are expected to referee social debate using laws that pre-date social media

The hip-hop group apologised to the family of Mr Amess after footage emerged from a gig allegedly showing one member saying ‘kill your local MP’.

Footage emerged in which a member of the Irish rap group appeared to say: ‘The only good Tory is a dead Tory. Kill your local MP.’

The Taoiseach said Justice Minister Helen McEntee had ‘worked intensively’ on the issue and would be bringing forward amendments shortly.