Anti-Irish graffiti being treated as hate-crime

Anti-Irish graffiti in Glasgow is being treated as a hate-crime by Glasgow police.

“The famine is over, it’s time to go home” was spray painted along the side of St. Aloysius’ Catholic School.

The police were called to the school around 9pm last Sunday night, and are treating it very seriously.

BEMIS, a Scottish national group that strives to empower the country’s ethnic minorities, are appalled by the slur.

Speaking to the Irish Post, BEMIS Parliamentary and Policy Officer Danny Boyle said; “We had significant issues in the last decade in Scotland with that slogan. It’s been sung at football matches or it’s been stickered around the city center or spray-painted on the walls of buildings.”

“The comments are quite clearly directed towards Irish people and not Catholic people, as Polish or Nigerian Catholics wouldn’t take offense to a slogan of that nature.”

‘The Famine Song’ is traditionally sang by Ulster loyalists and Scottish Rangers fans. The derogatory song is often heard at loyalist marches throughout Northern Ireland.

The image has been shared around social media and many have condemned those who wrote the hateful phrase.