Government urged to avoid 'feeding anti-immigrant and far-right narratives' 

Government urged to avoid 'feeding anti-immigrant and far-right narratives' 

Following the Dublin riots, Garda Commissioner Drew Harris pinned the blame on a 'lunatic hooligan faction driven by far-right ideology'. Picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

The Government must “avoid feeding anti-immigrant and far-right narratives” and adopt a zero-tolerance approach to “aggressive or misdirected protests near places where refugees are accommodated”.

That is according to a group of cross-party TDs and senators on the Joint Oireachtas Committee on Integration which also says media rules and regulations should be strengthened to “counter disinformation and harmful clickbait content”.

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