A HIGH-LEVEL steering group will ensure the Government’s anti-racism blueprint is implemented, the Taoiseach said yesterday.

THE Government is ignoring the growing racism problem and its own policies are adding to the crisis, according to a damning report which has been sent to the United Nations.

THOUSANDS across the country joined in dozens of anti-war protests and demonstrations yesterday as up to a million people worldwide took to the streets in protest at war in the Gulf.