Article Tag: Derek Blighe

NEW RIGHT VIEW ON CHILD ABUSE

September 19, 2024

THE INVECTIVE of new-right agitators in Ireland, both on the streets and online, is often centred on depicting opponents as “paedos”, “groomers”, “child... Read more »

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TICKING OFF TIKTOK

September 5, 2024

WITH THE ongoing saga of justice minister Helen McEntee’s on again, off again hate speech bill – or, to give its formal title,... Read more »

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NEW RIGHT (DIS)UNITY

August 22, 2024

EFFORTS BY disparate new right groups to translate anti-immigration sentiment into unified electoral success have been seriously undermined by a section of the... Read more »

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BRITISH AND IRISH FAR RIGHT

August 8, 2024

THAT A section of the anti-immigrant movement in the south was prepared to line up alongside Ulster loyalists and British fascists in racist... Read more »

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RIGHT ON!

July 25, 2024

THAT MOST reasonable figurehead in the new right, Hermann Kelly, leader of the Irish Freedom Party (IFP), made a most mature, statesmanlike appeal... Read more »

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NEW-RIGHT RIFTS

June 27, 2024

FOLLOWING THE recent elections there has been feverish speculation about how Ireland’s new right could have a significant impact on the Irish political... Read more »

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NEW RIGHT TO WIN LOCAL/EU SEATS?

May 2, 2024

THE NEW right is dominating headlines now with vituperative social media comments and arson attacks on buildings supposedly intended to house immigrants and... Read more »

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MONEY TO BURN

April 4, 2024

With European and local elections fast approaching, many candidates to the right of Fine Gael are declaring their intention to stand with the... Read more »

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BRITISH AND IRISH RIGHT WING

February 22, 2024

When the notorious British far-right activist Stephen Yaxley Lennon (aka Tommy Robinson) arrived in Ireland in February last year, he caused a significant... Read more »

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STANDING BACK AND STANDING BY

November 30, 2023

FAR-RIGHT activists have been accustomed to the policy of Drew Harris for the gardaí to stand back as they have not only pushed... Read more »

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FARMERS IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING

May 3, 2023

ROSCOMMON-GALWAY TD Michael Fitzmaurice got a predictable reaction from Green Party representatives when he mooted his new farmers’ party. Junior agriculture minister and... Read more »

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HATE-FREE SPEECH

May 3, 2023
As far back as November 2019 Garda Commissioner Drew Harris told the Policing Authority that Ireland was beginning to see a rise in right-wing... Read more »

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GARDA AND HARD RIGHT

January 26, 2023

GARDA COMMISSIONER Drew Harris OBE grabbed the headlines this month when he described some of those involved in the anti-refugee protests as having... Read more »

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ALTERNATIVE PATRIOTS

January 26, 2023

On JANUARY 12, 11 protests – eight in Dublin – were organised against the provision of accommodation for immigrants in Ireland. The plan... Read more »

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