Complaints of racism hit new high

A complaints watchdog received 245 notifications of alleged racism in the second half of last year — the highest six-month tally since it began receiving complaints almost four years ago.

The half-year tally of complaints of racism brought to 1,335 the number of reports received by www.iReport.ie since it began collecting the data in July 2013.

The iReport.ie service is operated by ENAR (European Network Against Racism Ireland), which warned there is “growing evidence of a consistent pattern of willful miscommunication and refusal to record incidents by An Garda Siochána”.