Alison O’Connor: Covering the far right without pandering to its propaganda

There have been suggestions that the story was fabricated. Kitty Holland and Dara MacDonaill are journalists of the highest integrity

Last week's anti refugee protest walking down O'Connell Street in Dublin. Picture: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

How to best cover the rise of the far right without giving that cause a boost — this is a major challenge facing Irish media right now.

Last weekend, an anti-immigrant march, estimated to have involved from 1,000 to 2,000 people moved around Dublin City to protest at the offices of various media outlets including The Irish Times; Mediahuis, publisher of the Irish Independent and Sunday World; the Bauer Media Group, which owns radio stations Today FM and Newstalk; and the offices of FM104.