Racism

The Policing Authority has commissioned new research into the experience and perceptions of policing within diverse and minority communities in Ireland. Dr Vicky Conway, an associate professor at DCU School of Law and Government and an expert on policing, will carry out the research after being awar

The head of the courts service has apologised to a black barrister who was mistaken for a defendant three times in a single day at court. Kevin Sadler, acting chief executive of HM Courts and Tribunals Service, promised to investigate the complaint of Alexandra Wilson, of 5SAH chambers.

Irish lawyer Michael Farrell has been elected as first vice-chair of the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI). Mr Farrell has represented Ireland on the Council of Europe's anti-racism monitoring body since 2011 and has been a member of its executive bureau for the last two year

Judicial discretion in sentencing does not effectively deal with hate crime because the hate motivation "is prone to becoming invisible at various stages of the criminal justice process", Ireland's human rights watchdog has warned. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has produced a compre

An online hatred bill that aims to eradicate racist and homophobic trolling online will be debated by the French Parliament and could be replicated across Europe. The bill is being championed by Laetitia Avia, a business lawyer, who grew up in the low-income Paris banlieue suburbs and who enter

Equality, Immigration and Integration Minister David Stanton has today announced that the Government will establish a new Anti-Racism Committee to help in the fight against racial discrimination in Ireland. Mr Stanton said: “Racism affects many people living in Ireland. Research shows people o