A new report on racism in Ireland has found that black people here experience racist violence and harassment on a constant basis.

The European Network Against Racism carried out the research and is calling for new Hate Crime laws to tackle the problem.

The group received 189 confidential complaints over the past two years - that's three times more than the number reported to Gardaí.

The report also found that attacks usually take place in public - Director of the Network, Shane O'Curry says people are reluctant to intervene for many reasons: