Racism widespread in Irish sport, says campaigner

THERE are weekly incidents of racial abuse in Irish sports, an anti-racism campaigner has claimed.

Ken McCue, International Officer of Sport against Racism Ireland (SARI), hopes the high-profile cases involving John Terry and Luis Suarez leads to greater awareness of the issue but believes organisations in this country need to be more proactive in dealing with cases of abuse.

McCue said: “I hope people here will learn from these events in England and what is going on. This isn’t an issue confined to English football. This is happening around the world. And is occurring in Ireland every week.”