Regarding the article above, its denial of racism/zenophobia in The Republic seems ill-founded. There seems to be a view that a) incidents are under-reported and b) the legislation of the country is not fit to deal with the problem.

A couple of articles, including one from today's Independent

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/social-affairs/reports-of-racist-incidents-in-ireland-are-on-the-rise-1.2750542

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/europe/swastika-synagogue-dublin-ireland-gardai-antisemitism-graffiti-vandalism-a8710381.html