India, Aug. 15 -- India has lodged strong protests with Ireland over recent incidents of violence against Indian nationals, the ministry of external affairs (MEA) said on Thursday, noting that top Irish leaders including President Michael D Higgins have publicly condemned the attacks.

"There have been several cases of violence against Indian nationals in Ireland. We have strongly taken up this matter with the Irish authorities in Dublin as well as with the embassy here," MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal as saying at the weekly media briefing, as reported earlier by HT.

He added, "We note that both the president of Ireland as also the deputy prime minister and foreign minister have publicly condemned these deplorable acts of violence." ...