Inside Ireland’s first Maga-style forum and the rise of populist disaffection

A close look at Ireland’s emerging populist right, its grievances, contradictions and the absence of a unifying political figure

Eddie Hobbs, Herman Kelly, Patrick Morrissey, and Pat Greene on stage during last Saturday's IRL Forum at the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne, Co Meath. Picture: Gareth Chaney 

They came to put meat on the bones of their disaffection, disillusionment, and disgust at where the country is going.

Last weekend, the first IRL Forum convened in the Pillo Hotel in Ashbourne, Co Meath.