Limerick gets off lightly in six-monthly NCCRI report
While there was much attention given to Limerick at the end of 2007 by the National Consultative Committee on Racism and Interculturalism (NCCRI) in their report on racist incidents between January and June of that year, Limerick seems to have gotten off lightly in the report relating to the latter half of the year, the report for which was released yesterday.
The only incident of note in the report are abusive messages posted by racist internet users immediately following a garda raid on the residence of the owner of the Movement to Save Ireland Blog.
In June of 2007, Gardai from Roxboro seized computer equipment as part of an investigation they were carrying out at the time. The equipment and other materials were returned to the site’s owner some months later, and he as since discontinued the use of a Limerick based Post Office box. His last known location was back in his home county of Cork where he was present at UCC for a scheduled talk by holocaust denier David Irving.
The number of racist incidents reported in the latter half of 2007 was down on the previous six month period, however, there was an annual increase from 2006 to 2007 of almost 25 percent.
Fifteen percent of racist related reports received by the NCCRI were internet related.
NCCRI six monthly report July – December 2007 (PDF Format)