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Category: Analysis

Sophia Siddiqui of the Institute of Race Relations on the importance of ‘politics of solidarity’
Analysis

Sophia Siddiqui of the Institute of Race Relations on the importance of ‘politics of solidarity’

19/11/202106/12/202110 min read

Liberal feminism is failing both women and minorities. And this failure is coming at what’s perhaps one of the most crucial points in time in

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COVID disinformation group surges in popularity as Facebook ‘fails to enforce its own policies’
Analysis

COVID disinformation group surges in popularity as Facebook ‘fails to enforce its own policies’

23/10/202123/10/20218 min read

Facebook is unable or unwilling to block COVID-19 disinformation on its platform. The is the conclusion the Institute for Strategic Dialogue (ISD) has drawn in

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The ever-growing wait for trans healthcare
Analysis

The ever-growing wait for trans healthcare

02/10/202121/01/20226 min read

When I first discussed going on hormones with my psychotherapist he asked if I was thinking of going public or private. “I’ve heard about Loughlinstown”,

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No easy answers to dealing with targeting of politicians at their homes
Analysis

No easy answers to dealing with targeting of politicians at their homes

25/09/202102/10/20216 min read

Over the last 19 months the approach of the gardaí to policing of the far right and various anti-lockdown groups has been roundly criticised. Again

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‘There has to be a line’: Anger in UCD over Dolores Cahill but uncertainty about what can be done
Analysis

‘There has to be a line’: Anger in UCD over Dolores Cahill but uncertainty about what can be done

07/08/202107/08/20219 min read

A number of University College Dublin (UCD) alumni, students, and staff have voiced their concerns about the continuing association of the institute with Professor Dolores

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Surviving and thriving: The trans community in Ireland
Analysis

Surviving and thriving: The trans community in Ireland

31/07/202111/04/202213 min read

Discussions on the trans community perpetuated by some influential voices in the dominant Irish cisgender chattering middle-classes more often than not consist of negative or

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Saturday’s anti-lockdown rally echoed QAnon extremism
Analysis

Saturday’s anti-lockdown rally echoed QAnon extremism

26/07/202126/07/20216 min read

Roughly 2,000 turned out on the streets of Dublin on Saturday 14 July for an anti-lockdown rally organised by Irish anti-mask and far-right activists and

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Far-right extremism has found a safe home online in the decade since Utøya
Analysis

Far-right extremism has found a safe home online in the decade since Utøya

24/07/202124/07/20217 min read

Most of us had no idea who Anders Brevik was until 22 July, 2011 and the attacks in Oslo and Utøya. Norwegian authorities knew who

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Critique of the government’s handling of the pandemic shouldn’t be left to conspiracy theorists and extremists
Analysis

Critique of the government’s handling of the pandemic shouldn’t be left to conspiracy theorists and extremists

17/07/202116/07/20215 min read

COVID-19 hasn’t gone away. No matter how much the government tries or wishes it to be otherwise, the virus is still circulating. In a repeat

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Election Special – Labour won Dublin Bay South but winning the country is a different matter
Analysis

Election Special – Labour won Dublin Bay South but winning the country is a different matter

11/07/202111/07/20215 min read

Friday’s election results in the Dublin Bay South (DBS) by-election threw up few surprises. It was always going to be a two-horse race between Fine

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Election special – Dangers of more of the same shown in by-election debates
Analysis

Election special – Dangers of more of the same shown in by-election debates

06/07/202107/07/20218 min read

It won’t be long now before we know the outcome of the Dublin Bay South (DBS) by-election. Mere days are left until voters make their

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Dublin Bay South by-election has become a testing ground for far-right rhetoric
Analysis

Dublin Bay South by-election has become a testing ground for far-right rhetoric

19/06/202119/06/20219 min read

A cliché we’re all familiar with is that a week is a long time in politics. Considering the events of the last 15 months in

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