Population drain blamed for inciting racist attitudes

IRELAND’S population drain is inciting racist attitudes, it was claimed yesterday.

Sat, 23 Nov, 2002 - 00:00
Evelyn Ring

People caught up in the migratory shift were looking for someone to blame for the loss of their identity, culture and the breakdown of their community, said Joe McDonagh, chairperson of the National Anti-racism Awareness Programme.

Mr McDonagh said the situation was allowing racist attitudes to exist.

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