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An Irish DJ has shared his story of being bullied at the PPI radio awards

Published 15:05 9 Oct 2016 BST

Niall Boylan of 4fm has told of how he was reportedly bullied at the awards.

The radio DJ has claimed he was bullied at the PPI awards in Kilkenny on Friday night. Niall Boylan of Classic Hits 4FM has opened up about the bullying he suffered as a child because of his alopecia, a disease that can cause hair loss in people. In a Facebook post called "Bullying and the Irony", Niall spoke of having a pleasant time at the awards before speaking to one fellow DJ before a group of DJs accosted him, making fun of his former condition and pulling his hair.

"It was 2:30 am and as I mentioned I'm not drinking. I spoke to very prominent DJ in Dublin who over the las few years I considered a nice enough guy and an acquaintance. He was with two other very familiar acquaintances who are also very prominent DJs in Dublin, one of whom made remarks before (on social media) and I asked him to have some consideration my feelings and I believed he understood. I turn my back and was speaking to good friends and the mood was really great. "Suddenly without warning I feel this first guy behind me tugging at the back of my hair and heard them laughing. I ignored it briefly and it continued. The person I was talking to knew exactly what they were doing and the reason and said "give it up". I turned and I said "it doesn't come off lads". They were laughing and thought the fact they upset me was hilarious. I put my arm around the ring leader and whispered in his ear "I spent years of my life dealing with people like you". "I walked away from the situation immediately and for some reason all the memories of how I felt as a child being called names came back to me. I spoke briefly to another friend but I was physically there but mentally miles away and completely distracted by what had just happed. To those reading this, you might think this is nothing and I should ignore it but when you have been through this in your life, these silly moments become monumental. I decided it was time to leave and made my exit early, in case I had to deal with looking at these guys again."

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Niall Boylan of 4fm has told of how he was reportedly bullied at the awards.

"It was 2:30 am and as I mentioned I'm not drinking. I spoke to very prominent DJ in Dublin who over the las few years I considered a nice enough guy and an acquaintance. He was with two other very familiar acquaintances who are also very prominent DJs in Dublin, one of whom made remarks before (on social media) and I asked him to have some consideration my feelings and I believed he understood. I turn my back and was speaking to good friends and the mood was really great. "Suddenly without warning I feel this first guy behind me tugging at the back of my hair and heard them laughing. I ignored it briefly and it continued. The person I was talking to knew exactly what they were doing and the reason and said "give it up". I turned and I said "it doesn't come off lads". They were laughing and thought the fact they upset me was hilarious. I put my arm around the ring leader and whispered in his ear "I spent years of my life dealing with people like you". "I walked away from the situation immediately and for some reason all the memories of how I felt as a child being called names came back to me. I spoke briefly to another friend but I was physically there but mentally miles away and completely distracted by what had just happed. To those reading this, you might think this is nothing and I should ignore it but when you have been through this in your life, these silly moments become monumental. I decided it was time to leave and made my exit early, in case I had to deal with looking at these guys again."