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Councillor Helen Ogbu, supported by fellow councillors Niall McNelis and John McDonagh, has convened a Standing Together Against Racism meeting in Galway.

The recent violent attack on an Indian man in Dublin, where he was beaten and partially stripped in public, has shaken many of us. If we are truly honest, we know this wasn’t an isolated case. Racism exists in Ireland and it’s time we face that truth.

Galway’s community sector is urging Galway City Council to take a proactive stance against racism and discrimination. The call comes in advance of an anti-racism march set to take place in the city on Saturday, March 22.

Four first-time candidates in the Galway city council elections have experienced various forms of racist abuse while campaigning ahead of the June 7 poll.

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Several hundred Galway residents attended a rally on Saturday in Eyre Square to highlight racism. Galway Communities Against Racism and Discrimination organised the event which was supported by many groups including Amach!LGBT+, members of the migrant community, including those living in Direct Provision, and the Green Party.

As the World observed the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination recently on March 21 and as the Government launched its national action plan to tackle racism in response to evidence of what the plan describes as “the persistence of racial discrimination across many spheres of life”, myself and my family would like to strongly condemn any form of racism and I was glad along with many others to support “Galway Communities Against Racism and Discrimination” at their rally march last Saturday in Galway City.

There will be a rally to mark the International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination on Saturday, March 25, organised by the newly formed Galway CARD (Communities Against Racism & Discrimination) Network.

Q: I am a professional female. I consider myself competent and ambitious. I am looking for a position of responsibility. It seems that most of those jobs are held and hired by men. The result is, more men. How do I access those roles when it seems really impossible? (BC, email).

African women and women of African descent will gather in Galway this weekend to hold discussions on how racism and cancer affect women’s mental health, and to honour various women and organisations.