Organisation: Institute for Strategic Dialogue

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<p>Roderic O'Gorman's fellow minister Helen McEntee said his privacy and property had been 'violated in a disgusting manner' after masked men unfurled defamatory banners at his home. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews</p>

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Threat to democracy: Conspiracy groups 'becoming increasingly more extreme'

Experts warn intimidation and violence could escalate after masked men deface minister’s home

<p>On December 30, amid speculation a former pub, the Shipwright in Dublin's Ringsend, was going to be used to provide accommodation for International Protection applicants, the vacant building was set on fire. File Picture: Brian Lawless/PA</p>

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Arson marks a new era of extremism in Ireland

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Dublin violence 'shocking but predictable', says far right expert

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TikTok’s data disclosure shows how social media is a Petri dish for disinformation

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Protests against LGBTQ+ events and books in Ireland are imports from far-right in the US

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Ciaran O'Connor: Manufactured controversy threatens LGBT+ community and library staff, not your children

Enoch Burke wants to be a martyr — and some of the media is trying its best to help him

Headlines incorrectly framing court cases could play into the hands of extremist groups which seek to stir up outrage and thereby promote their fringe views

Mon, 12 Sep, 2022

Mick Clifford: Long before the bombs started falling, truth had perished in the war of words

The first casualty of war is truth. Behind the troops invading Ukraine are armies of online trolls as well as the big gun of Vladimir Putin’s rambling conspiracy theories, writes Mick Clifford

Sat, 26 Feb, 2022

Facebook under fire for allowing anti-vaccine doctors grow into 'superstars'

A report found that a group of former and current healthcare professionals who claim Covid is a hoax reached millions of people despite the social media's giant vows to tackle disinformation.

Fri, 22 Oct, 2021

Anti-lockdown protestors have been 'galvanised' by events on Grafton St, warns conspiracy expert

A protest planned for Cork this weekend and another on St Patrick’s Day in Dublin are being examined by gardaí

Mon, 01 Mar, 2021

Ireland ranked 10th in Europe in global index of countries affected by terrorism

Ireland is ranked tenth out of 36 European countries in a global index of countries affected by terrorism.

Mon, 13 Jan, 2020

How to prevent another mass hate killing like Christchurch

Far-right hate speech is much more common online than Islamist extremism, but governments and law enforcement have not policed it to anywhere near the same extent, say Sasha Havlicek and Zahed Amanullah

Wed, 27 Mar, 2019