The University has contacted Gardaí regarding the video.
A video showing a shocking verbal racist attack on a woman on the NUIG campus in Galway is being investigated.
In the vile video posted to Twitter, a man wearing black sunglasses is seen shouting at a woman and repeatedly calling her the N-word.
The Irish-Nigerian woman who uploaded the video captioned it by saying: "I was in Galway minding my business then this happened. Ireland isn't racist?''
It's since been viewed more than 1.2 Million times, received over 37 thousand likes and thousands more comments.
NUI Galway said it has contacted Gardaí regarding the video.
In a statement, the University said:
“As a University of Sanctuary, respect and openness are our core values. We do not and will not tolerate racism and find any incidence of racism abhorrent,” it said.
“As an educational institution, we are taken aback at such attitudes on our campus and will pursue all avenues to reject and eradicate racism and to support members of our community and our society who are subjected to such wholly unacceptable behaviour and attitudes. This matters to us all.”
