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

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

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

29/04/202228/04/20228 min read

As soon as the news broke that Aidan Moffitt and Michael Snee had been murdered in Sligo the usual suspects latched on to the tragedy.

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Rónán Mullen attacks safe access bill as ‘fascism’ but documents show his links to far-right extremists
Investigations

Rónán Mullen attacks safe access bill as ‘fascism’ but documents show his links to far-right extremists

16/04/202213/04/202210 min read

During a Seanad debate last week Senator Rónán Mullen claimed that the new Safe Access Zone Bill “flirts with fascism”. The senator went on to

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Politicians condemn Irish far right with one TD saying Irish Freedom Party engages in ‘hate messaging’
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Politicians condemn Irish far right with one TD saying Irish Freedom Party engages in ‘hate messaging’

21/03/202221/03/20225 min read

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

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The accounts of the Iona Institute are opaque but its links to the wider anti-gender rights movement are as clear as day
Investigations

The accounts of the Iona Institute are opaque but its links to the wider anti-gender rights movement are as clear as day

12/03/202218/04/202210 min read

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

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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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National Party member gets prison for attack on LGBTQIA+ activist Izzy Kamikaze
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National Party member gets prison for attack on LGBTQIA+ activist Izzy Kamikaze

19/10/202116/01/20225 min read

A judge today has sentenced a National Party member who attacked an LGBTQIA+ activist to three years in prison with the final year suspended. On

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