12% of adults in Ireland discriminated against

Almost one in eight adults here experienced some form of discrimination within a two-year period, with those of non-white ethnicity and the unemployed the most likely to be targeted.

Nonetheless, the Central Statistics Office’s latest four-yearly survey on equality also shows that almost two thirds of people who experience discrimination do not take any action in response.

More than a quarter (28%) of those of a non-white ethnic background said they had experienced discrimination in the 24 months up to the third quarter of 2014. During that period, 23% of the unemployed said they had been targeted, as did 17% of non-Irish nationals and 16% of people with a disability.