60 coronavirus-related racist incidents reported so far this year, says Irish Network Against Racism

A screenshot from the video of an alleged incident on Dublin's Royal Canal in recent days. The Irish Network Against Racism expects this incident to prompt further reporting of similar stories. 

There were 60 coronavirus-related racist incidents in the first four months of the year, according to the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR).

The new statistic was released in the wake of a racially-motivated incident in Dublin in which an Asian woman was verbally abused and pushed into the Royal Canal by a number of youths, while gardaí in Cork are also investigating an incident in which two Chinese men were allegedly racially abused and assaulted.