Marion

Thank you.

I'm just sitting here and I'm sad, I'm angry, I'm frustrated.

It's not something new.

You know, my own son has dual cultural heritage.

His father was from Africa, from Ghana.

Going back to the 80s when he was four-year-old, he got on the back of my car, I was collecting him from school, and he said to me, it's black, not nice.

Now, if a four-year-old can pick that up,

in around 1984, it's children are not born prejudiced.

It's coming from the parents.

It was there then, it's there now.

And it raises the question of who's entitled to Irishness.

You know, people born here, also people who have come in and are contributing as migrants to the economy or holding up the health service.

These people that are making these comments are stupid.

They're ignorant.

If something happens, one of them or their grandmother or their... Who's the carers?

Who's the hospital staff that they are against?

But I also think the government hasn't taken it seriously enough because there have been on your own programme, you spoke to that lovely young man, Toby, I think.

There's been numerous other attacks on...

and it gives justification.

People say, oh, you know, I wouldn't be racist, but that feeds into justification for attacks, both verbal and physical, and making somebody feel... You know, join the real world.