Does Racism Online Deserve A Custodial Sentence?

Published: Feb. 4, 2021, 8:31 a.m.

Former England footballer Ian Wright has said he is "disappointed" and "tired" after an 18-year-old Kerry student Patrick O'Brien, of Sycamore Court, Ashleigh Downs, in Tralee was spared a criminal conviction for sending racist messages to him last year. To discuss this further we were joined by Amanullah De Sondy Head of the Study of Religions Department in UCC.   Listen and subscribe to Newstalk Breakfast on Apple Podcasts or Spotify.     Download, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.    You can also listen to Newstalk live on newstalk.com or on Alexa, by adding the Newstalk skill and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.