Ireland is not special. This has been hammered home for many in the last year. We were, like every other country on the planet, hit
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Civil liberties group ‘welcomes’ government report on updating Irish hate speech laws
A leading civil liberties group has voiced its support for the proposed updating of Ireland’s hate speech laws. The Irish Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL)
FoI request reveals Department of Justice monitoring ‘right wing extremist ideologies’
The Department of Justice appears to be actively monitoring the presence of far-right groups in Ireland. In response to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request
Gemma O’Doherty charged with resisting arrest during hearing in Bray today
Gemma O’Doherty has been charged with resisting arrest in addition to two other charges she’s facing as a result of an incident near Bray in
Helen McEntee claims reforming Ireland’s citizenship laws could have ‘unintended consequences’
Minister for justice Helen McEntee has claimed that reforming Ireland’s citizenship laws could have “unintended consequences” for state services here. McEntee contended that undue pressure
New group Le Chéile launched to ‘build a national alliance’ against far-right threat
A new national organisation has been launched to tackle the rise of the far right in Ireland. Le Chéile, which counts dozens of organisations and
Dolores Cahill tells large crowd leaders will be put on trial for COVID-19 lockdown measures
Dolores Cahill, the chair of the Irish Freedom Party (IFP), told a large crowd at the Custom House in Dublin yesterday that politicians in favour
The language and rhetoric of polarisation
In the book On Tyranny: Twenty Lessons from the Twentieth Century, Timothy Snyder advises his readers to reflect on the language they use. He warns
Doras report highlights lack of mental health supports for people in direct provision
Asylum seekers in Ireland with mental health difficulties are having their problems “exacerbated” due to living in direct provision. This is the finding of Doras,
Senator calls proposed Hate Crime Bill ‘poisonous identity politics’
Senator Sharon Keogan has described the new Criminal Justice (Hate Crime) Bill 2020 as “poisonous identity politics”. She made the comments in the Seanad on
Inconsistent policing by gardaí has given extremists space to thrive
In the last 12 months the presence of the far right in Irish society has become increasingly obvious. So much so that even the gardaí
Editorial – Extremists haven’t been defeated just because Trump lost at the ballot box
Donald Trump’s defeat in the presidential election in the US might dampen the hopes of the far right here. He was seen by many Irish