Gardaí told of 20% of racist attacks

Less than one in five of the racist incidents, including acts of violence, which were reported to a European human rights body here were also brought to the attention of gardaí, it has been claimed.

In the second half of last year, the European Network Against Racism Ireland (ENAR Ireland) received 165 reports of racist incidents through its iReport.ie tool, including 37 offences which it described as “serious”.

But its report for the period claims that, in 139 of the incidents, the matter was not brought to the attention of gardaí.