Police figures show that racist hate crimes in Northern Ireland have reached record levels.

But PSNI Assistant Chief Constable Davy Beck said there was no intelligence to suggest it was sanctioned by the organisation’s leadership.

The call came as police reported attacks on houses in separate incidents in Belfast and Donaghadee.

The comments from the Labour senator come after she hosted a second roundtable discussion with members of diverse communities in Cork.

Amnesty International described the surge in racist incidents and crimes as ‘shameful’ and called on politicians to act.

Drew Harris said he was concerned at the number of juveniles involved in such attacks.

In the wake of racist attacks on the Indian community in Ireland, several Indians living in Cork have said they are afraid of similar attacks here, and have called for the Government to introduce measures to tackle what they say is a sharp rise in racism. 

Jota’s family were back at Anfield to see the outpouring of emotion which left Mohamed Salah in tears at the final whistle.

The Reds captain believes football must continue to try to educate the next generation.

Tel and Tottenham lost to PSG on Wednesday.

A large crowd gathered outside the Department of the Taoiseach on Wednesday for a silent assembly in support of migrant workers.

The Indian embassy in Dublin has warned of an increase in physical attacks reported against Indian citizens.

Targeted assaults on foreign nationals in Dublin and Limerick are examples of a "worrying pattern of far-right violence", according to an Irish anti-racism group

The Irish Nurses and Midwives Organisation said racially motivated abuse of workers should not be tolerated.

Mr Iqbal told The Echo that recently “a disturbing trend has emerged on the streets of Cork and beyond”.

Harry Dunbar was identified and arrested after footballer Christopher Wreh posted a screenshot of the ‘vile’ message on his Instagram.

Fifteen police officers were injured in the disturbances in Ballymena on Monday night.

A child was among 32 people deported to Georgia, a designated safe country, on a chartered flight out of Dublin Airport on Thursday night

The 25-year-old revealed he was abused on Instagram in the wake of a disappointing 2-1 Premier League defeat by Fulham.

An Assembly committee heard evidence from ethnic minority organisations on the recent upsurge in racist crimes in Northern Ireland.

NI Education Minister Paul Givan has written to a group of 400 Muslim women after they raised concerns about the safety of their children.

Police said an angle-grinder was used to cut a hole in shutters at the premises in Templemore Street before a fire was started.

The Taoiseach said Justice Minister Helen McEntee had ‘worked intensively’ on the issue and would be bringing forward amendments shortly.

Dr Ebun Joseph said she is seeing an increase in incidents of racism, and is often targeted online by trolls.

Chantal Johnston (38), of Clonard Road, Crumlin, pleaded guilty to assault causing harm and dangerous driving at Domino’s Pizza

Adeleke won mixed 4x400m relay gold, women's 4x400m relay silver and individual 400m silver in a terrific week in Rome at the European Championships

LEEN MAAROUF, Anti Racist Development Manager at Nano Nagle Place, and RAPHAEL OLYMPIO, Youth Mentor and Youth Programme Coordinator, tell us about the recent youth-led Anti-Racism Summit in Cork

The event, supported by the Cork Migrant Centre, the Youth Initiative against Racism, the Young People’s Services Committee, Cork City Council, and Nano Nagle Place, is in its third year.

The summit takes place from 1pm to 5pm on Friday, May 17, at City Hall, and is organised by the Cork Migrant Centre (CMC) as part of its Youth Initiative against Racism, and the Children and Young Peoples Services Committee (CYPSC).

The Real Madrid midfielder has seen team-mates Vinicius Jr and Aurelien Tchouameni abused in recent weeks.

Thousands gathered in the Irish capital on Saturday afternoon to take part in the Stand Together solidarity march across the city centre,

Speaking on RTÉ radio’s News at One, the archbishop also cautioned about that “significant disinformation” about the nature and scale of impact by asylum seekers and migrants.

The former Arsenal and Tottenham defender had spells at crisis clubs Macclesfield and Southend between 2018 and 2020.

Mr Varadkar was responding to a question on whether he believed there was a rise of the far right in Ireland.

The Government is pursuing hate-related legislation

The Republic of Ireland Under-21s’ game against Kuwait Under-22s in Austria last month was abandoned after 60 minutes because of the alleged incident.

The Republic of Ireland’s Under-21s walked off following an incident during their friendly against Kuwait Under-22s.

Allegations of racism were levelled at a Kuwaiti player and a Qatari player in separate friendly matches in Austria.

Professor David Fitzpatrick of TU Dublin wrote after a video was posted of a shocking incident in which students were subject to a tirade of racist abuse at a Luas stop

The 26-year-old spoke about the subject while on international duty with Brazil.

The event, held at City Hall on Friday, invited groups to share their experiences with racism and highlighted the need to end racism in Cork.

The Mestalla Stadium will be partially closed for three matches

The Real Madrid forward was abused during a LaLiga match against Valencia.

The Real Madrid player was subjected to monkey chants in his side’s 1-0 defeat at Valencia.

LaLiga’s president was criticised for his response after the Real Madrid forward was targeted by racist chants during the game at Valencia

The club have been ordered to close the south stand for five matches and have received a fine of €45,000

The club have been ordered to close the south stand for five matches and have received a fine of 45,000 euros (£39,000).

The league wants greater jurisdiction to punish clubs whose fans are guilty of racist abuse.

The Spanish league says it currently feels “powerless”.

An inflatable doll dressed in a Vinicius shirt was hung from the railings with a banner that read “Madrid hates Real Madrid” back in January.