Irish Network Against Racism

Irish Network Against RacismType| member organisation

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Location|

* Dublin, Ireland

Fields| Anti-racism, civil rights

Key people

| Shane O'Curry (director)
Website| inar.ie

The Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) is a member organisation which campaigns against racism and other discrimination in Ireland.

## History

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Irish Network Against Racism (INAR) was founded with the mission of "combating racism and all related forms of discrimination in every sphere of life in Ireland",[1] formerly known as ENAR Ireland. It is the umbrella organisation of over 164 Irish civic society organisations.[2]

## Core activities

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INAR's work includes organising campaigns and projects, developing policies and training, and conducting research.[3] It is a member of the European Network Against Racism.[4] In March 2020, INAR published a report which outlined a large increase in the frequency of racist discriminatory incidents, hate incidents, hate crimes and hate speech incidents in Ireland in the preceding two years, from 140 incidents in 2018 to 530 in 2019. They called on the Irish government to develop a National Action Plan Against Racism to combat this.[5] Alongside a number of other organisations they called for the introduction of hate crime legislation as recommended by the UN in 2019.[6] One of their projects was the creation of a smartphone application for the reporting of incidents of racial abuse or discrimination, iReport.ie, which was launched in 2013.[7] The goal is to collect data relating to racist incidents in Ireland to better understand the nature and frequency of these events.[8][9] They have also reported on the perceptions of the victims of racial abuse, highlighting the inadequate response from the Gardaí.[10]

## References

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1. ^ Dillon, Brian. "How Irish people are supporting the Black Lives Matter movement". Lovin.ie.
2. ^ INAR (2019). "Alternative Report on Racial Discrimination in Ireland" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 June 2020. Retrieved 9 June 2020.
3. ^ "Our Work". Irish Network Against Racism. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
4. ^ "Ireland - European Network Against Racism". www.enar-eu.org. Archived from the original on 2020-06-09. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
5. ^ "Increase in racist hate speech in past two years, say Irish Network Against Racism". Breaking News. 2020-03-19. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
6. ^ Pollak, Sorcha (2 December 2019). "UN official urges Ireland to introduce hate crime legislation". The Irish Times. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
7. ^ INAR (2015). "Reports of Racism in Ireland" (PDF). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
8. ^ Dillon, Brian (2 June 2020). "How to report racist incidents in Ireland from your smartphone". LovinDublin.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
9. ^ Kearins, Aoife (26 May 2020). "USI to Push for Stronger Anti-Racism Protocols on Campuses". www.universitytimes.ie. Retrieved 2020-06-09.
10. ^ White, Victoria (2020-06-04). "We can't whitewash the pernicious influence of 400 years of slavery". www.irishexaminer.com. Retrieved 2020-06-09.