For the past 18 months, Dublin City Council has been keeping track of a worrying trend: an increase in the number of vacant council houses being targeted in racist attacks.
The criminal damage, which happens just before the council moves a new tenant in, ranges from racist graffiti to making the house uninhabitable.
So where is this happening? And what can be done to stop it?
Irish Times crime and security editor Conor Lally explains what’s behind the recent surge in these attacks, and the reaction from local communities.
Presented by Bernice Harrison. Produced by Suzanne Brennan.
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