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  • A photo of a police car outside a Tops supermarket in Buffalo where a white terrorist shot and killed 10 people.
    Analysis

    Embedded in an online network of extremists with a thriving ideology the Buffalo terrorist was no lone wolf

    21/05/202220/05/20229 min read
  • A photo of Irish Freedom Party president, Hermann Kelly.
    Analysis

    Two gay men have been murdered so why does that matter to Irish extremists?

    29/04/202228/04/20228 min read
  • A photo of RTÉ HQ in Dublin.
    Analysis

    RTÉ’s problems extend further than attacks from conspiracy theorists and the far right

    06/02/202205/02/20228 min read
  • A photo of the far-right National Party whom some in the media liken to far-left groups such as anarchists.
    Analysis

    Despite what some insist the far left and far right aren’t the same

    31/01/202231/01/202210 min read
A photo of an abortion rights rally in Dublin
Opinion

With gender rights under attack worldwide the church should be nowhere near our new maternity hospital

08/05/202207/05/20224 min read
A photo of a stack of €50 notes in front of a darkened background representing the opaque and dark funding that conservative and extremist groups here are in receipt of.
Opinion

The right rails against George Soros to distract from its own US and Russian funding

31/03/202229/03/20225 min read
Leader of the government Micheál Martin announcing further restrictions during an address in December 2021 as a result of the pandemic.
Opinion

As the government continues to mishandle the pandemic conspiracy theorists and extremists exploit people’s fears

11/12/202110/12/20215 min read
A photo of a far-right mob protesting outside the home of tánaiste Leo Varadkar, which a newly proposed bill would make illegal.
Opinion

Editorial – Bill limiting protests not the way to deal with far-right mobs outside people’s homes

03/11/202103/11/20216 min read
Trending News
A photo of a police car outside a Tops supermarket in Buffalo where a white terrorist shot and killed 10 people. Embedded in an online network of extremists with a thriving ideology the Buffalo terrorist was no lone wolf A photo of a woman protesting Russia's invasion of Ukraine who's holding a banner which reads Hands off Ukraine, which is aimed at Russia. Irish extremist Telegram channels are sharing pro-Russia disinformation from sources directly linked to Kremlin security services A photo of an abortion rights rally in Dublin With gender rights under attack worldwide the church should be nowhere near our new maternity hospital Photo of Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien, who over the weekend blamed migrants for worsening Ireland's homeless problem. Housing Minister accuses migrants of ‘putting a significant strain’ on homeless services A photo of Irish Freedom Party president, Hermann Kelly. Two gay men have been murdered so why does that matter to Irish extremists? A photo of Senator Rónán Mullen during a Seanad debate on the safe access zone bill. Rónán Mullen attacks safe access bill as ‘fascism’ but documents show his links to far-right extremists A photo of a Defence Forces medic whom military authorities have disciplined for posting far-right and racist material online. Defence Forces disciplined sergeant for posting far-right material online A photo of conspiracy theorist and former professor Dolores Cahill during a recent interview. Conspiracy theorist Dolores Cahill claims she helped people escape hotel quarantine A photo of a stack of €50 notes in front of a darkened background representing the opaque and dark funding that conservative and extremist groups here are in receipt of. The right rails against George Soros to distract from its own US and Russian funding A picture of the two Carmelite nuns who are linked to Catholic antisemitic splinter group SSPX Resistance. GiveSendGo hack reveals US money pouring in to West Cork nuns linked to antisemitic Catholic splinter group SSPX Resistance
New group aims to highlight and track far-right ‘transnational networks’
News

New group aims to highlight and track far-right ‘transnational networks’

20/01/202219/01/20224 min read

A new group has been launched to combat and track the growing influence of the far right across Europe. Activists and academics officially unveiled the

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In the wake of Ashling Murphy’s murder the far right only saw an opportunity
Analysis

In the wake of Ashling Murphy’s murder the far right only saw an opportunity

18/01/202204/02/202210 min read

To those who knew her Ashling Murphy was “a shining light”. A national school teacher in Tullamore and a talented musician, she had decided to

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Understanding the far right’s use of memes with Hampton Stall of Critica Research and Analysis
Analysis

Understanding the far right’s use of memes with Hampton Stall of Critica Research and Analysis

08/01/202230/01/202210 min read

Memes are part and parcel of Internet culture, with people creating new ones on a daily basis and inundating social media with them. From memes

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The attack on the Freemasons’ Grand Lodge was an act of terrorism
Analysis

The attack on the Freemasons’ Grand Lodge was an act of terrorism

03/01/202203/01/20225 min read

After 2021 gave us lockdown after lockdown the hope was that 2022 would provide something different and, hopefully, something better. Instead, the new year got

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German police arrested far-right, anti-vaxxers plotting to kill a politician. The same threat exists here.
Analysis

German police arrested far-right, anti-vaxxers plotting to kill a politician. The same threat exists here.

19/12/202118/12/20216 min read

On 4 December several protests against COVID restrictions were held across the German state of Saxony. In the town of Grimma about 30 people, among

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As the government continues to mishandle the pandemic conspiracy theorists and extremists exploit people’s fears
Opinion

As the government continues to mishandle the pandemic conspiracy theorists and extremists exploit people’s fears

11/12/202110/12/20215 min read

It’s been nearly two years since the pandemic hit Ireland. Since March of 2020 we’ve seen a government fail again and again to get things

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Far-right elements are behind the latest anti-mask push targeting parents and their children
Investigations

Far-right elements are behind the latest anti-mask push targeting parents and their children

06/12/202106/12/202111 min read

A number of conspiracy theorists along with activists linked to far-right parties were involved in an anti-mask rally that was held in Dublin on Friday.

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Students hit back at racism on campus as DCU’s Mark Humphrys feels the heat
Analysis

Students hit back at racism on campus as DCU’s Mark Humphrys feels the heat

04/12/202124/02/20227 min read

Thanks to a viral Twitter post, students in Dublin City University (DCU) and the wider public were informed that there’s a computer science lecturer in

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Kyle Rittenhouse was always going to walk free but the consequences still shouldn’t be underestimated
Analysis

Kyle Rittenhouse was always going to walk free but the consequences still shouldn’t be underestimated

27/11/202126/11/20219 min read

Kyle Rittenhouse getting away with murder was all but certain. His trial was merely a showpiece; as perfunctory as much as the outcome was assured.

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Supreme Court grants Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters leave to appeal lockdown laws
News

Supreme Court grants Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters leave to appeal lockdown laws

25/11/202125/11/20215 min read

On Tuesday the Supreme Court agreed to a leave for appeal made by Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters. The appeal relates to a failed High

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Something doesn’t add up for trans healthcare in Ireland
Analysis

Something doesn’t add up for trans healthcare in Ireland

20/11/202121/01/20226 min read

This week is Transgender Awareness Week with today being Transgender Day of Remembrance, and as chance would have it I received a response in relation

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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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