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<p>Taoiseach Micheal Martin said: 'We have seen what happened in Drogheda. We have seen attempts at Ipas centres. I'm aware of individuals who've been threatened, whose family members have been threatened.'</p>

politics

Taoiseach suggests Sinn Féin activist's arrest may have 'implications for Leinster House'

Micheál Martin said there is a 'strong basis' to suggest that this has 'moved on from individuals' to an 'organised attempt to undermine the State'

SFergus Finlay: I was always proud of the Irish flag — now it is just a symbol of hostility

<p>Imam Ibrahim Michael Noonan: 'All our members, and Muslim people generally in Ireland, are on edge now — they are living in fear. We do not know what is coming next.' File picture: Ray Ryan</p>

news

Muslims in Ireland 'living in fear of far-right extremists'

Ipas centre attack

news

Landlord linked to gang feud being 'paid millions' for asylum seeker accommodation, Dáil told

Where are the riots when white Irish men attack?

comment-analysis

Where are the riots when white Irish men attack?

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Gareth O'Callaghan: My wife’s cancer battle opened my eyes to another disease in Ireland: hate

Cabinet meeting

Any party that wants to win the next election must avoid the far-right trap

Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout the course of her campaign, writes Emily Duffy

Fri, 31 Oct, 2025

Government needs to tackle issues sending desperate people into arms of far right

Government needs to tackle issues sending desperate people into arms of far right

The economy cannot survive without migration, so the Government must use the welfare state to insulate the poorest against far-right narratives

Wed, 29 Oct, 2025

A crucifix on a book against the background of a chalkboard

School religious discrimination may still be happening despite law

The European Commission against Racism and Intolerance found that religious discrimination in school admissions might still be happening in practice

Tue, 28 Oct, 2025

Migrant accommodation

Regulator 'in contact with several online platforms' over Citywest rioting

Coimisiún na Meán seeking 'to understand the measures' social media platforms took in relation to the incident

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Migrant accommodation

Citywest protests: 'Violence results in more violence and it becomes a vicious cycle'

Clean-up operation has taken place outside the Citywest Hotel asylum seeker centre in Dublin following large-scale riots

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Rioters who attacked gardaí will be dealt with 'robustly', says Taoiseach

Rioters who attacked gardaí will be dealt with 'robustly', says Taoiseach

Micheál Martin says 'innocent people' and their neighbourhoods were threatened in Citywest riot

Wed, 22 Oct, 2025

Heritage is about more than flags or old buildings

Heritage is about more than flags or old buildings

Our heritage is found not only in old castles but in ordinary people's voices and in the fragile documents that connect us to previous generations. We must work to preserve them, writes Virginia Teehan, CEO of the Heritage Council

Wed, 15 Oct, 2025

State's hate crime awareness campaign in 'planning' stage despite 2023 target launch date

State's hate crime awareness campaign in 'planning' stage despite 2023 target launch date

The justice minister has been inundated with emails and letters from frightened immigrants in the wake of attacks on, and harassment of, members of the Indian community

Sat, 11 Oct, 2025

Imasha Costa: 'I am not the reason your system is failing'

Imasha Costa: 'I am not the reason your system is failing'

Ahead of Saturday's anti-migrant protest in Cork City, 'Irish Examiner' journalist Imasha Costa describes life for immigrants in a changed Ireland

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Irish presidential election

'We cannot change our skin colour': Minister inundated with messages from terrified immigrants

It follows the shocking assault in July in Dublin of an Indian man

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Sad girl in hooded top, sitting on a window ledge with head in hands in despair

'So, the hell started. I went homeless': Children who arrive here alone need supports

Children who arrive in the State alone need wraparound supports, particularly after they turn 18 when they move straight from the care of Tusla into homelessness, writes Wayne Stanley

Fri, 10 Oct, 2025

Behind the bars

Judge gives woman six months for racially abusing security staff in Cork City shop

Her solicitor told the court: 'When she is not sober, things deteriorate.'

Thu, 02 Oct, 2025

European and local elections

Cork court charges anti-immigration activist Derek Blighe with harassing a garda

There was no garda objection to bail for Mr Blighe on certain conditions

Tue, 23 Sep, 2025

Social Democrats think-in

S Jennifer Horgan: Returning from maternity leave challenging enough without a wayward teen to mind

Holly Cairns's first week back from maternity leave must have been a shock to the system, but it's important we see the reality for women, writes Jennifer Horgan

Fri, 19 Sep, 2025

Mick Clifford: Eoin Hayes and the Social Democrats' self-induced trauma

S Mick Clifford: Eoin Hayes and the Social Democrats' self-induced trauma

A photograph of Social Democrats TD Eoin Hayes in blackface from 16 years ago has surfaced, and his party has reacted as if a deep, dark secret from his past had been uncovered

Tue, 16 Sep, 2025

An old miniature man and woman standing on a pile of coins.

Ireland can lead EU on equality — but first we must get our own legislation in order

Ireland's EU presidency will be a chance to show leadership in terms of tolerance and fairness, writes Liam Herrick

Mon, 15 Sep, 2025

Taoiseach calls for 'strategic response' to rising acts of racism and discrimination

Taoiseach calls for 'strategic response' to rising acts of racism and discrimination

'It’s tantamount to an incitement and it needs to stop. Irish society needs to take stock', Micheál Martin said

Thu, 11 Sep, 2025

Ireland’s history of humiliating the powerless has a new chapter

Ireland’s history of humiliating the powerless has a new chapter

Downplaying the lived experience of minorities is not a new thing in Ireland - and it is allowing racism to gain traction

Tue, 02 Sep, 2025

Indian security manager loses discrimination case over demotion after incident with shoplifter

Indian security manager loses discrimination case over demotion after incident with shoplifter

The man was demoted after punching a shoplifter who verbally abused him

Tue, 26 Aug, 2025

'A priest and two nuns and two gardaí came and took me from my mum’s arms'

'A priest and two nuns and two gardaí came and took me from my mum’s arms'

Irish international player states of Mount St Vincent: 'I believe I was put there because I was a child of colour'

Sat, 23 Aug, 2025

'Racism and crime' driving attacks on Indian nationals, says Garda boss

'Racism and crime' driving attacks on Indian nationals, says Garda boss

Garda strength now at highest level for four years, with 43% of recruits going to the southern region

Fri, 22 Aug, 2025

Philip Dwyer

Far-right activist Philip Dwyer appears in court charged with public order offence

The anti-immigration campaigner is accused of using or threatening to use unlawful violence towards the father of a People Before Profit candidate

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Siobhán Kangataran: Our migrant communities need your voice

Siobhán Kangataran: Our migrant communities need your voice

The people who are immune from a crisis have the best ability to effect change — it's not enough to be non-racist, you must be actively anti-racist

Wed, 20 Aug, 2025

Four Courts Building on the river Liffey in Dublin Ireland

Business owner accuses neighbouring motor mechanic of 'rabid racism'

The Nigerian national also claims the landlord of the rental unit has placed a 40-foot container in front of his business in order to get him out

Tue, 19 Aug, 2025

Hispanic medical professional doctor nurse looking serious towards colleagues during surgery operation procedure in hospital

International healthcare staff fear for safety after spate of racist assaults, HSE says

HSE says racist assaults on international staff could leave critical health services understaffed, warning Ireland is dependent on migrant workers

Thu, 14 Aug, 2025

Indian people attacked in Ireland

The old saying about sticks and stones is wrong — just ask our migrant friends

When ideas are repeated enough at home or online, they become part of what people believe to be acceptable, writes Fiona Hurley, CEO of Nasc Migrant and Refugee Rights Centre

Thu, 14 Aug, 2025

Indian people attacked in Ireland

Racist attacks by young people in Ireland 'a national crisis', says special rapporteur

People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy was among those to take part in a protest outside the Department of the Taoiseach on Wednesday, and he said: 'We need to push back against those who are pushing the racist lies and propaganda.'

Wed, 13 Aug, 2025

‘No place for racism’: Dublin Archbishop calls for Garda reports after spate of attacks

‘No place for racism’: Dublin Archbishop calls for Garda reports after spate of attacks

Archbishop Dermot Farrell says communities must work with gardaí to confront racial abuse as Indian cultural festival postponed over safety concerns

Tue, 12 Aug, 2025

Indian people attacked in Ireland

Council postpones India Day in Ireland after 'spate of violent attacks' on its community

Attacks against members of the Indian community in Ireland have been highlighted in recent weeks

Mon, 11 Aug, 2025

Paul Hosford: Attacks on Indian people come from the normalisation of racism

Paul Hosford: Anti-immigrant rhetoric is fuelling racist violence against Indian people in Ireland

Recent racist attacks on Indian people show how anti-immigrant rhetoric is emboldening violence and eroding Ireland’s inclusive identity

Sat, 09 Aug, 2025

Foreign-born nurses and midwives in fear after recent 'horrific' attacks

Foreign-born nurses and midwives in fear after recent 'horrific' attacks

INMO executive council member warns that Ireland could lose even more nurses if non-Irish healthcare staff feel they need to leave the country

Thu, 07 Aug, 2025

Irish police

Lies spread on social media led to physical attack on Afghan man in Limerick

'He was treated with suspicion, fear, and hostility simply because of how he looked,' said migrant support group, Doras

Fri, 01 Aug, 2025

Facebook Campaign Ads

Meta's ban on political ads will mean less transparency and more slop for users

Ireland's presidential election could get a lot more interesting than expected, if Meta goes ahead with removing transparency and filtration tools, says Facebook’s first Political Ads representative in Europe

Wed, 30 Jul, 2025

The racist attack on an Indian man in Tallaght recently was not a once-off. Ireland must act

The racist attack on an Indian man in Tallaght recently was not a once-off. Ireland must act

A recent attack in Tallaght shows what happens when misinformation and disinformation are taken at face value, writes Arpita Chowdhury

Tue, 29 Jul, 2025

‘During the night, police would come to our house just to taunt us’

‘During the night, police would come to our house just to taunt us’

Rainy suffered through apartheid South Africa before finding love in Ireland

Sat, 19 Jul, 2025

General Election 2017

S Colin Sheridan: Institutional racism wears a necktie

Diane Abbott has become Britain’s canary in a coal mine of racial hypocrisy. Colin Sheridan asks 'How many Diane Abbotts have we ignored in Ireland?

Sat, 19 Jul, 2025

Mick Clifford: Why are we allowing hate speech thrive?

Mick Clifford: Why are we allowing hate speech thrive?

Government parties are scared witless of the intolerant right that would portray them as 'woke' if they were to pursue enacting a law to prevent minorities being targeted by hate

Sun, 13 Jul, 2025

Dublin protests

S Mick Clifford: Make Ireland Great Again marchers want to turn back the clock — but to what, and at what cost?

As anti-immigrant protests grow louder, we must ask: do we really want to return to a darker past?

Sun, 29 Jun, 2025

Irish far right may fail at the polls, but use social media effectively to spread hate, says research

Irish far right may fail at the polls, but use social media effectively to spread hate, says research

UCC academics said that 'the goal of the far right in Ireland is to succeed in influencing metapolitics in creating distrust in mainstream institutions and political parties'

Wed, 18 Jun, 2025

LGBT+ community experiences most discrimination in Ireland

LGBT+ community experiences most discrimination in Ireland

The CSO found that transgender or non-binary people were more than three times as likely to experience workplace discrimination

Mon, 16 Jun, 2025

Immigration Protests Los Angeles

Colin Sheridan: We’ve all sat down by the hearth on someone else’s home turf

We don't need to look far to see the results of systemic bigotry

Sat, 14 Jun, 2025

Irish Examiner view: A small price for the greater good

Irish Examiner view: A small price for the greater good

Grant Thornton’s report suggests post offices are worth between €344m and €776m in economic and social good to the country

Fri, 23 May, 2025

The real cost of slightly funnier AI is the health of a poor black community

The real cost of slightly funnier AI is the health of a poor black community

We are literally poisoning the air of a Black community for the sake of a chatbot, writes James O'Sullivan, lecturer in digital humanities at UCC

Tue, 13 May, 2025

Two Cork men jailed for spree of racially motivated attacks in the city

Two Cork men jailed for spree of racially motivated attacks in the city

The court heard that both men had rehabilitated extensively since this drink-fuelled night of assaults and had expressed remorse, and that Paul Murphy denied being racist

Fri, 02 May, 2025