Adam Idah has revealed that he has quit social media after a flurry of hateful and abusive comments. 

The Norwich City striker took the decision to come off Twitter and Instagram earlier this year after recieiving discriminatory comments and messages. 

Idah, who was speaking after a 20-minute cameo for the Republic of Ireland against World Cup runners-up France, was asked the question after some Ireland U15 players received abuse on their social media channels. 

The 22-year-old has called for social media companies to do more in their mission to stop the scourge of abuse online, including bringing in checks on all users. 

“There should be an identity check when you do set up these social media things, every company should know who is on their app, these things shouldn’t be said.

“I have been off Twitter for two or three months, I came off that, I just one day decided not to be on it, to not see all the comments, if I do have a good game, you might see that one comment that’s bad – that will put you down for the rest of the day, so the best thing for me was to come off it,” he told Irish media after their game with France.

“Especially when I was injured, it’s probably the thing (social media) I was on the most and seeing all these things is not nice, so I had to come off it, I don’t see anything now.

“I had it in the UK, I played a game [for Norwich] against Crystal Palace and when I went on my Instagram there were a few comments, it’s not a nice feeling and the club helped me with that. You don’t want to be seeing lots of hate all the time.

“It’s probably the thing I was on the most and seeing all these things is not nice so I had to come off it (social media). And it was the best thing I did, I don’t see anything now, I can recommend that to most people, stay away from it.”

The Pink Un: Adam Idah received abuse on social media after a game against Crystal Palace last season. Adam Idah received abuse on social media after a game against Crystal Palace last season. (Image: PA Images)

Idah is one of several Ireland players to have an African heritage and he urged those young players being targeted to ignore the comments being made on social media. 

“The lads know themselves they are Irish, no matter what colour skin you are, what religion you are," Idah said.

"If you want to play for this badge, then you are more than welcome, they want to put in as much work as everyone else and fight for their place in the team, I stand by them.”