Number of racism reports to INAR increases last year
The number of racism incidents in Ireland increased by almost a third last year.
A record 700 were reported on the Irish Network Against Racism's iReport system, compared to 530 in 2019.
The system allows people to report racist incidents online by means of an app.
It found there was a surge since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic.
The highest ever number of racist assaults and hate speech incidents were also recorded, at 51 and 594 respectively, while there were 159 criminal incidents.
