We must fight Irish prejudice

The subdued reaction to the brutal murder of Marioara Rostas suggests that an undercurrent of racism is ingrained in Irish attitudes, writes Killian Forde

THE latest edition of the Garda Review contains a hard hitting editorial on the murder of Marioara Rostas, the 18-year-old Roma whose mutilated and violated body was found in the Wicklow Mountains in January after a four-year search.

In Jan 2008, after 72 hours of rape and torture by several men, she was shot dead. After three weeks in Ireland, she found herself in a pit of psychopaths initially disguised as good Samaritans.