New group aims to highlight and track far-right ‘transnational networks’
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
In the wake of Ashling Murphy’s murder the far right only saw an opportunity
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
Understanding the far right’s use of memes with Hampton Stall of Critica Research and Analysis
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
The attack on the Freemasons’ Grand Lodge was an act of terrorism
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
German police arrested far-right, anti-vaxxers plotting to kill a politician. The same threat exists here.
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
As the government continues to mishandle the pandemic conspiracy theorists and extremists exploit people’s fears
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
Far-right elements are behind the latest anti-mask push targeting parents and their children
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.
Students hit back at racism on campus as DCU’s Mark Humphrys feels the heat
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
Kyle Rittenhouse was always going to walk free but the consequences still shouldn’t be underestimated
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.
Supreme Court grants Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters leave to appeal lockdown laws
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
Something doesn’t add up for trans healthcare in Ireland
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
Sophia Siddiqui of the Institute of Race Relations on the importance of ‘politics of solidarity’
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