Racism witnessed by 26% of civil service

More than one in four civil service staff have witnessed their colleagues make racist remarks about clients or customers in the last year, a survey of racist attitudes in the service has found.

The Public Service Executive Union, which represents executive grades within the civil service, decided to carry out the survey in order to assess the level of workplace training in anti-racism and interculturalism their members are given.

The PSEU received 491 replies to the survey.