Online racist abuse reported to gardaí

A Garda investigation is underway after members of an underage basketball team were racially abused online.

Basketball Ireland said that the comments appeared on Ask.fm, a social media site that has previously been associated with instances of cyberbullying, and targeted players from the Ireland U15 team.

The offensive comments, which were posted anonymously, were directed at a number of individuals, singling one person out by name.