Hate mail ‘highlights need to stamp out rampant racism’

HATE mail sent to a Nigerian woman in Tralee reflects Ireland’s rampant racism, a leading civil rights campaigner has claimed.
Hate mail ‘highlights need to stamp out rampant racism’

Killarney Green Party candidate Bea O’Neill, one of the country’s leading civil rights campaigners, said yesterday: “It is ongoing on a daily basis, and unless the Government and local authorities do something to combat it, things will get much worse.”

Earlier this week, Tralee food store owner Lara Olukunle received a series of hate letters accusing Africans of trying to take over the town.

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