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Vile neo-Nazis are handing out stickers encouraging vicious attacks on refugees.

They feature an image of men with swords on horses chasing immigrants.

The horrendous campaign is being blamed on small number of far-right extremists in Galway.

Hundreds of these stickers with the phrase “Defend Your Heritage" have been distributed in recent weeks.

They are a distortion of the “Welcome Refugees” logo developed to combat racism.

The group is also behind a graffiti tribute to Adolf Hitler beside the Westend Canal in the city.

The Galway Solidarity branch has blasted those behind the sick hate campaign.

Party spokesman Manus Lenihan told the Irish Daily Mirror: “We need to be vigilant about any attempt to attack refugees.

“But we believe it’s the work of just one or two men and they are trying to exaggerate their numbers by creeping around at night.”

One of the thugs uses a number of online pseudonyms to brag about his activities on far-right forums.

He made a series of posts on a neo-Nazi forum.

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Mr Lenihan said: “It’s upsetting to walk around the place you grew up in and see white power symbols and foul graffiti.

“As a teacher it is disturbing to see this just on the threshold of a school.”

Posters for public meetings organised by Solidarity have also been defaced.

Mr Lenihan added: “We had a public meeting around the time of Trump’s election.

“We had an American socialist speaking and it was clearly anti-Trump.

“It was alarming the way he spray painted over the poster with codes like 1488, which is a global symbol for neo-Nazis.”