Black Africans are the main target for racism with a new report showing Dublin and Limerick have the highest number of incidents of alleged racism.

Black Africans are four times more likely to be out of work than white Irish-born citizens, it has emerged.

Naas councillor Darren Scully has claimed his remarks about black Africans were open to misinterpretation, but Shaun Connolly believes they weren’t misinterpreted, but racist and Fine Gael should have got shot of him immediately