In 2017, a Chinese Irish woman was targeted in an attack in Blackrock, Dublin, causing facial scars and eye damage. Another foreign woman was suspected of ordering the attack.
In 2018, Lithuanian criminals threw acid at a Garda (police officer).
In April 2019 in Waterford, three teenagers were attacked by two others, who threw acid at them in a premeditated attack. All three victims suffered severe skin burns in the incident, and one, Tega Agberhiere, suffered severe injuries to his face and body and his eyesight was damaged. Nevertheless, the perpetrators merely got cautions.
On 13 June 2020, a man was attacked with acid in Garryowen, Limerick.
In December 2020, a woman threw acid at three women in a takeaway in Tallaght.