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Belfast Pride organisers ‘to discuss alleged hate crime’ with police

Organisers of Belfast Pride are to meet senior police officers later this week. It comes as officers investigate an alleged incident of hate crime at the annual event in the Northern Ireland capital on Saturday. Reports were made to police about a ...

31 Jul 2023 at 09:23

Northern Ireland

Attack on house in Belfast being treated as a racially motivated hate crime

An attack on a house in south Belfast is being treated by police as a racially motivated hate crime. Several windows were smashed at a house in the Donegall Pass area on Wednesday night when a number of bricks were thrown. The occupant of the ...

15 Aug 2024 at 09:44

Northern Ireland

Petrol bombs incident in north Belfast treated as hate crime

An incident where petrol bombs were thrown in north Belfast on Thursday evening is being treated as a hate crime, police said. The PSNI said its members are in attendance at the scene following a report of petrol bombs being thrown in the ...

07 Jul 2022 at 21:10

Northern Ireland

Police treating attack on teenager as disability hate crime

Police are treating an incident in which a teenage boy suffered serious facial injuries as a disability hate crime. Detectives are investigating an assault by a gang of youths in the High Street Mall area of Portadown on Saturday. A PSNI ...

26 Feb 2024 at 12:32

Northern Ireland

Attack on Co Down Orange Hall treated as hate crime

An attack on an Orange Hall in Co Down is being treated by police as a sectarian hate crime. Detectives are investigating criminal damage caused to a stained glass window at the hall in Rathfriland Road, Dromara, which is believed to ...

16 Oct 2022 at 11:46

Northern Ireland

PSNI asks ‘put yourself in their shoes’ in hate crime awareness campaign

The PSNI have launched a hate crime awareness campaign to encourage more victims to come forward. The PSNI campaign, in partnership with the Northern Ireland Policing Board, Policing and Community Safety Partnerships and the Hate ...

14 Oct 2023 at 00:01

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PSNI investigating 'racially motivated hate crime' which took place in Dungiven at weekend

Sinn Féin Councillor Sean McGlinchey has hit out at those behind what he has described as a 'racist attack' in Dungiven at the weekend. The incident, which happened on the town's Main Street on Sunday evening, June 2, involved a ...

04 Jun 2024 at 19:15

Northern Ireland

Man injured in ‘nasty racist assault’

A man has suffered serious facial injuries in a “nasty” racially-motivated assault, police said. The victim, in his mid-40s, was attacked by another man in Railway Street in Strabane at around 2.15am on Sunday. A PSNI spokesman ...

02 Jan 2024 at 12:00

National News

Hate crime incidents rose by almost 30% in the last year

Hate crimes were up almost 30% in the last year, according to latest figures. An Garda Síochána published figures on Wednesday on Hate Crimes and Hate Related (non-crime) Incidents reported in 2022. The figures show a 29% ...

22 Mar 2023 at 10:07

Local News

Rise in homophobic crime in County Derry's policing districts

Homophobic crimes across County Derry's three policing districts have risen sharply in the past twelve months, recent PSNI data has shown. A 55% rise in homophobic hate crimes was recorded across Mid Ulster, Derry and ...

08 Dec 2020 at 08:30

Local News

New initiative launched to tackle hate crimes in the Derry area

A new leaflet has been created to highlight the issue of hate crimes in Derry. Community and political representatives in the Strathfoyle area have come together to launch the leaflet highlighting hate crimes and ...

07 Apr 2021 at 23:30

Local News

Police treating attack on a house in Derry as a hate crime

The PSNI is appealing for information after an attack on a house in the Waterside area of Derry. Police are appealing for witnesses and information following the report of criminal damage which occurred in the ...

15 Jul 2020 at 23:46

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