A new report has found that black people here continue to experience racist violence and harassment on a constant basis.

The 'Afrophobia in Ireland' study claims that attacks usually take place in public and leave children and women particularly vulnerable.

The work was commissioned by the European Network Against Racism, which says it received 189 confidential complaints over the past two years.

That figure is three times more than the number reported to gardaí.

The full report is being launched later today, and is said to detail "the multifaceted experiences of racism which people face every day".

Spokesperson Shane O'Curry, who described the report as "scathing", says new hate crime laws need to be introduced urgently: