Racism

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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

Gareth O'Callaghan: How violence and racism drove me away from football – and still keeps others out
Gareth O'Callaghan: How violence and racism drove me away from football – and still keeps others out
One terrifying night of football violence in 1985 left lasting scars — and shows why racism in sport still thrives

Sun, 20 Apr, 2025

Criminal hands locked in handcuffs. Close-up view
Policing must change in Ireland — our children deserve better
No parent in Ireland should have to carry the fear that their child can simply go out to work and end up in a cell, albeit temporarily

Wed, 16 Apr, 2025

Garda stock
'Deep lack of trust' in gardaí from 'discriminatory' policing of African and Brazilian groups, report finds
The survey results showed 66% say gardaí do not treat everyone fairly, and only 19% believed they would be treated fairly if they made a complaint against gardaí

Mon, 31 Mar, 2025

Colin Sheridan: How a Harlem-born intellectual influenced a generation in Ireland through television
Colin Sheridan: How a Harlem-born intellectual influenced a generation in Ireland through television
Alvin Poussaint’s work on race, mental health, and media shaped perceptions far beyond America—including in Ireland

Sat, 22 Mar, 2025

Probe into mother and baby homes
State's response to racism complaint in mother and baby homes to be approved
The defence points to a range of remedies including the Mother and Baby Institutions Payment Scheme, the State apology, and the forthcoming national centre for research and remembrance

Wed, 19 Mar, 2025

Pessimism over state of the nation leads young Germans to extremes
Pessimism over state of the nation leads young Germans to extremes
The recent German elections saw the far right and far left hoover up a large share of votes, particularly among young people. But the split goes beyond age and geography, with young women and men voting remarkably differently. Is there a lesson for Ireland? 

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025

Manchester United v Fulham - Emirates FA Cup - Fifth Round - Old Trafford
Fulham ‘strongly condemn’ racist and homophobic abuse aimed at Calvin Bassey
The Nigerian defender opened the scoring at Old Trafford on Sunday.

Mon, 03 Mar, 2025

Edel McGinley: German election result proves need to recognise and prepare for new era of fascism
Edel McGinley: German election result proves need to recognise and prepare for new era of fascism
As the far right ascends in Germany we must fight against hate organising in our communities 

Sun, 23 Feb, 2025

Society must address its response to crimes involving minorities, says special rapporteur
Society must address its response to crimes involving minorities, says special rapporteur
It comes after a group of leaders of Ireland’s black community met 'to evaluate the situation' following the death of asylum seeker Quham Babatunde

Tue, 18 Feb, 2025

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