In Ireland we do not have open debate. Often, we do not even have the pretence of it.
Every week, in this job, I get emails from people who believe – for whatever reason – that the Government is actively working against the interests of its own people
In an RTÉ-commissioned poll on “hate speech” legislation a few years ago, only 19% of viewers said they were in favour of such laws. The poll ran on Claire Byrne Live and was conducted by Amárach Research in 2017, the year after the Brexit referendum and the election of then-US President Donald Trump. 2017 was […]
German interior minister Nancy Faeser has accused Apple and Google of being “socially irresponsible” for failing to censor privacy-based messaging app Telegram from their app stores. “We remind Apple and Google of their social responsibility,” Faesar tweeted. “As long as they offer apps like #Telegram in their stores, they are also fuel the fire of […]
There will be no journalism awards for investigating people like Kinzen.
The Ombudsman’s finding that calling the IFP “far-right” was “acceptable” presented no evidence that the term was accurate.
The Defence Forces have re-called all printed editions of the annual Defence Forces Review and have agreed to print replacement copies, after the originals included material describing Gript.ie as a “far right” publication in an article by DCU academic Livia Margna. Solicitors acting on behalf of Gript.ie contacted the Defence Forces and secured the removal […]
According to a report yesterday in the Irish Examiner, Gardaí have described those responsible for the violence at Saturday’s anti lockdown protest as “opportunist hoodlums.” That would certainly appear to be an apt term given the background of the person who apparently fired the rocket. He was outed by other protestors, not by the mainstream media […]
A new group made up of various far-left organisations is formally launching today in order to campaign against Ireland’s “far right”. “LeCheile” is made up, as you might guess, of all the usual suspects: The National Women’s Council, The Irish Palestinian Solidarity Campaign, Sinn Fein, The Union of Students in Ireland, Gaza action Ireland, The […]
682 British Children have been investigated and referred to a UK Government counter-terrorism programme over alleged “far right” activity, according to Sky News: Home Office figures show a dramatic rise in the number of under-18s referred to the government’s counter-terrorism programme Channel over concerns about their possible involvement with the far-right. A total of 682 […]
It was a big weekend in media land for lengthy pieces about the apparently dangerous “rise of the far right” in Ireland. The Journal, the Irish Times, the Irish Independent and the Examiner (to a lesser estent) featured couple-of-thousand-word plus pieces this weekend claiming to be detailed investigations into the phenomenon, and its apparent connection […]