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===Ireland===
On 8 August 2020, two men of Chinese origin, Martin Hong and Arthur Ma, were attacked in a physical and verbal racist assault whilst shopping in a supermarket in [[Cork (city)|Cork]] [[Co.County Cork]]. The assault happened after Martin and Arthur were racially abused by a group of teenagers who were shouting "Chinese virus". Hong and Ma asked the teenagers to repeat what they said after removing their phones. To which the teenagers retaliated by violently punching the pair. An elderly woman raised the alarm by contacting Gardaí. Hong and Ma spent six hours receiving medical care after the pair were admitted to [[Cork University Hospital]]. Gardaí later issued a statement about the incident which was confirmed and they said they were following a "definite line of enquiry".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/crime/two-chinese-men-assaulted-violent-22535987|title=Two Chinese men assaulted in violent racist attack in Cork|first=Gavin |last=O'Callaghan|work=Irish Mirror|access-date=29 August 2020|date=17 August 2020}}</ref>
On 14 August 2020 [[Garda Síochána|Gardaí Síochána]] are investigating a racist verbal and physical assault in [[Dublin]] [[Co.County Dublin]] after a video, which was posted on two separate [[TikTok]] accounts of an Asian woman Xuedan (Shelley) Xiong being filmed, being pushed into the [[Royal Canal]] between [[Castleknock]] and [[Ashtown, Dublin|Ashtown]] by a group of boys who raced towards her on bicycles, as if to push her into the canal after she confronted them for making racial slurs by shouting "[[Coronavirus]]"<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishmirror.ie/news/irish-news/asian-women-pushed-dublin-canal-22531169|title=Asian woman pushed into Dublin canal by teens in allegedly racist attack says she is afraid to leave her home|first=Laura|last=Lyne|work=Irish Mirror|access-date=29 August 2020|date=17 August 2020}}</ref> towards her. The video was deleted along with the accounts, which were suspended. Xiong is now afraid to leave her home. Xiong was heard telling the group "not to racially discriminate, that's criminal" before some of the boys pushed her into the canal some of the boys were heard mocking her screams and laughing as they cycled off. Gardaí Síochána said the boys are unlikely to be charged or cautioned.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.irishcentral.com/news/gardai-racist-incident-woman-pushed-dublin-canal|title=Gardaí investigating racist incident as Asian woman pushed into Dublin canal|first=Shane|last=O’Brien|publisher=Irish Central|access-date=29 August 2020|date=17 August 2020}}</ref>
On 4 November 2020, an account alleged to belong to Rebecca Barrett, wife of [[National Party (Ireland, 2016)|National Party]] leader [[Justin Barrett]], tweeted racist remarks towards [[Dublin]] mayor [[Hazel Chu]]. Responding to a Tweet where Chu said she was awake watching the results of the [[2020 United States presidential election]], the account replied "Since you're up anyway, we'll have a sweet and sour chicken, a szechuan beef and two fried rice please. No bat." The tweet was later removed by Twitter.<ref>{{Cite web|last=O'Connor|first=Rachael|title=Mayor of Dublin Hazel Chu hits back at racist harassment on social media|url=https://www.irishpost.com/news/mayor-of-dublin-hazel-chu-hits-back-at-racist-harassment-on-social-media-197021|access-date=16 February 2021|website=The Irish Post}}</ref>
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