India, Aug. 11 -- Ireland's deputy prime minister Simon Harris met members of the Indian community in Dublin on Monday to reassure them in the face of a string of attacks on Indian nationals, which he condemned as "despicable acts of violence".

In the past few weeks, a taxi driver, a data scientist and a sous chef from India were the targets of racially motivated assaults by Irish youth that left them with serious injuries. Videos have circulated on social media of another tech worker who was beaten, stabbed and partially stripped at Tallaght, while a six-year-old Irish-Indian girl was allegedly attacked while playing outside her home in County Waterford.

"Today, I met representatives of Ireland's [Indian] community. I completely condem...