A father of two from Bangladesh who required stitches following an alleged racist attack at a park in Co Cork has expressed concern about the "hate" incident, which was his first experience of this kind in two decades of living in Ireland.
Syed Haque, who works in a Cork logistics company, was struck by a teenage boy in Carrigaline Park last Monday evening whilst out for a walk with friends and family.
Haque has health issues and has been told by his doctor to go for a walk every day.
In an interview with the Neil Prendeville Show on Cork’s Red FM, he said that he was on the bridge at the park in Carrigaline when a “young fella” approached and pushed one of his friends.
“So I said ‘don’t do something like that because we can talk and solve it.’ Next, he just punched me for the first time. That punch not so strongly hit my jaw. I was surprised he punched me.
"Then that boy pushed my same friend and again I talk to the other friend and say...
