Government receive almost 4,000 responses to new hate crime laws

Scenes from a protest at the Spire organised by the United Against Racism group to defend public health workers opposing the Far Right. Photo: Leah Farrell/Rollingnews.ie
Almost 4,000 submissions have been made to a Government public consultation on new hate crime laws.
In the coming weeks, the Department of Justice will publish research conducted on legal approaches taken in other countries on addressing the problem.