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Longford woman says far-right extremists targeted her with anti-migrant poster near her home
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Longford woman says far-right extremists targeted her with anti-migrant poster near her home

30/06/202230/06/20223 min read

A Longford women has accused far-right agitators of targeting her and her family after they erected a National Party poster close to her home. Aneta

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

21/05/202223/05/20229 min read

On Saturday 14 May an 18-year-old teenager drove three hours from his rural town in New York State to a Tops supermarket in Buffalo. Once

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As conspiracy theories reign Vladimir Putin has become a hero in the Irish online extremist ecosphere
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As conspiracy theories reign Vladimir Putin has become a hero in the Irish online extremist ecosphere

05/03/202205/03/20229 min read

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,

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Dublin Bay South by-election expenses revealed as National Party spent just €2,557 on leader Justin Barrett
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Dublin Bay South by-election expenses revealed as National Party spent just €2,557 on leader Justin Barrett

26/02/202228/06/20223 min read

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.

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SIPO reveals expenses far-right groups and individuals incurred during 2020 Dáil run
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SIPO reveals expenses far-right groups and individuals incurred during 2020 Dáil run

13/02/202220/03/20224 min read

Hermann Kelly’s Irish Freedom Party (IFP) spent over €30,000 trying to get its candidates elected to the Dáil in the 2020 general election. The amount

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

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

06/02/202205/02/20228 min read

Last month an interesting thing was said during a meeting of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC). Politicians had summoned RTÉ boss Dee Forbes to explain

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Election Special – Labour won Dublin Bay South but winning the country is a different matter
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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 – Voters will trounce Justin Barrett and Dolores Cahill. But that’s not the point.
Opinion

Election Special – Voters will trounce Justin Barrett and Dolores Cahill. But that’s not the point.

30/06/202131/10/20215 min read

There’s just over a week until voters in Dublin Bay South (DBS) go to the polls in an unexpected by-election. Conspiracy theorists and members of

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National Party member pleads guilty to assault on LGBTQIA+ activist Izzy Kamikaze
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National Party member pleads guilty to assault on LGBTQIA+ activist Izzy Kamikaze

21/06/202121/06/20213 min read

A member of the far-right National Party who attacked LGBTQIA+ activist Izzy Kamikaze last year has plead guilty during his arraignment in Dublin Circuit Court

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Crowds at Le Chéile anti-hate rally hear ‘solidarity is key’ in fight against the far right
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Crowds at Le Chéile anti-hate rally hear ‘solidarity is key’ in fight against the far right

21/06/202121/06/20215 min read

Hundreds of people and representatives of roughly a dozen organisations gathered in Smithfield, Dublin over the weekend for an anti-hate rally. Le Chéile, an umbrella

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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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Irish court ruling destroys latest far-right disinformation campaign about garda revenge
Investigations

Irish court ruling destroys latest far-right disinformation campaign about garda revenge

11/05/202111/05/20219 min read

Disinformation is nothing new in the worlds of conspiracy theories and extremism. In both milieus those with an agenda twist evidence and facts to suit

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