MEDIA RELEASE 25th Oct 2013 Reports to iReport.ie suggest that both racism against Roma and institutional racism are commonplace in Ireland, says anti-racism watchdog. As the Irish public expresses outrage at the seizure of two children from their families by Gardaí...
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement 23 October 2013 Pavee Point is disturbed that there have been two recent cases of young Roma children being removed from their families as a matter of first resort and not as a matter of last resort that would...
Irish Traveller Movement Press Statement October 23rd 2013 The worrying and apparently regressive procedures which formed the Gardai’s action to take two Roma children from their families in Dublin and Athlone give rise to concerns over abuse of Garda powers and...
Pavee Point Traveller and Roma Centre Press Statement October 22nd 2013 In response to the case of the removal of a child from a Roma family in Tallaght in the early hours of this morning we believe that this case should be dealt with according to standard HSE/Garda...
Executive Summary INAR is a national network of NGOs and community organisations which works at both a National and European level to combat racism. It uses iReport.ie and a range of other measures and instruments to monitor racism, influence debate and make policy...
“I am a white South African mother. I went to the Garda station for my first Irish passport application. (Very Proud!). There was a Black Somali family in the queue. The Garda was totally patronizing!!!! When they asked for an official stamp on their documents,...
A slip of the tongue gets Tom McCarthy thinking – just how far removed are we from the fabled ‘land of a thousand welcomes?’ By Tom McCarthy Source: The Cork Independent “She’s lucky to be American. If she was Romanian, well… it wouldn’t do her any favours let’s...
Maureen Aku Disu is a mother, a nurse and a singer. Her song ‘Bloody Immigrant’ is gaining popularity and she recently featured as a guest on Derek Mooney’s radio programme on RTE. Ian Callagy caught up with the Nigerian-born woman and heard all about her efforts to...
Findings from the first 4 weeks include: 25% of the incidents recorded racism against people who are Black. Out of the 5 reports of racism against Muslim women, all 5 were targeted because of their veil. In one case a group of Muslim men wearing their prayer hats were...
MEDIA RELEASE 11th August 2013 iReport.ie, the new online Racist Incident Recording System, has logged 60 reports detailing racism in less than one month, says anti-racist organisation INAR. “This is a significantly higher rate than our previous recording system, and...
