Information provided by the Central Statistics Office (CSO) shows that last year there were 122 racist incidents, including harassment, minor assaults and public order offences.
That figure represents a drop for the fourth consecutive year, but there has also been a rise in offences aimed at members of the Jewish community while the Immigrant Council of Ireland said it believed race crime was actually on the rise.
Last year 13 incidents were categorized as antisemitic, up from five the previous year and the highest such figure for half a decade.
The Immigrant Council of Ireland said that, contrary to the impression given by the figures, its experience through working with immigrants was that the rate of race crime was increasing.
