Gardaí say the number of hate crimes is rising.
It recorded 676 hate related incidents last year, across all 9 discriminatory motives, up 4% on the year before.
Anti-race was still the motive in most cases.
The largest percentage of hate-related crimes and incidents last year took the form of public order issues, followed by minor assaults, criminal damage and assault causing harm.
Just under half of all hate related incidents occurred in the Dublin Metropolitan Region, however, there has been a year-on-year reduction.
The three operation regions recorded were Eastern (18%), Southern (17%) and North West (16%) which was also much lower than in the previous twelve months.
