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Mon 01 Jan 2009Anti-racism plan was seen as model for others to follow
BACKGROUND:USHERED INTO existence at a well-attended press conference by then taoiseach Bertie Ahern and minister for justice Michael McDowell in January 2005, Ireland’s first national action plan on racism was considered by many as a model for others to follow.
The 150-page Planning for Diversity was the result of commitments made to the UN and the social partners, and was a clear demonstration, Mr Ahern said, of the government’s commitment to adapt policy to shifting demographics.
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