Conspiracy theorist Dolores Cahill claims she helped people escape hotel quarantine
Conspiracy theorist Dolores Cahill has claimed she helped a number of people escape from hotel quarantine in Ireland last year. The former University College Dublin
The right rails against George Soros to distract from its own US and Russian funding
When both conservatives and the far right attack those on the left they inevitably fall back to criticism of the latter’s funding. Civil society groups
GiveSendGo hack reveals US money pouring in to West Cork nuns linked to antisemitic Catholic splinter group SSPX Resistance
A tiny sect of so-called Carmelite Nuns not recognised by the Catholic Church has received thousands of Euros from donors in the US. The information
Faith of minority communities in gardaí lacking as reports of racist public order offences rise
Members of minority communities who’ve been victims of racism are unlikely to report the incidents to gardaí according to the Irish Network Against Racism (INAR).
Politicians condemn Irish far right with one TD saying Irish Freedom Party engages in ‘hate messaging’
Two TDs have taken aim at the far right during a debate on the updating of Ireland’s laws on hate speech. Cathal Crowe of Fianna
Irish branch of US anti-abortion Catholic group has income of nearly €1m per year and runs rogue crisis pregnancy agency
The accounts for the Irish branch of US anti-abortion and anti-gender rights group Human Life International (HLI) show annual income of almost €1m for the
The accounts of the Iona Institute are opaque but its links to the wider anti-gender rights movement are as clear as day
Accounts for the conservative Catholic Iona Institute show that in recent years it appears to have spent roughly 50% of its income on wages for
As conspiracy theories reign Vladimir Putin has become a hero in the Irish online extremist ecosphere
When Russia invaded Ukraine last month many were shocked, not least of whom some commentators who didn’t think Vladimir Putin would go that far. Others,
Dublin Bay South by-election expenses revealed as National Party spent just €2,557 on leader Justin Barrett
The Standards in Public Office Commission (SIPO) has revealed the expenses candidates in the Dublin Bay South (DBS) by-election incurred in their campaigns last July.
Irish commentator on Ukraine has history of downplaying controversy around Ukrainian neo-Nazi Azov Battalion
An Irish commentator on recent events in Ukraine appears to have previously defended and downplayed the actions of the notorious Azov Battalion. Businessman Paul Niland
Doctor with links to Iona Institute listed as donor to Canadian Freedom Convoy in GiveSendGo hack
A doctor with links to the Iona Institute and who campaigned against the Repeal the 8th movement appears to have donated to a fundraiser for
Irish donors to Canadian Freedom Convoy revealed in GiveSendGo hack
Hackers have revealed over 160 payments originating in Ireland that donors made to a fundraiser on GiveSendGo for the so-called Freedom Convoy in Canada. According