Sarah Harte: Mainstream far-right ideologies becoming normalised in Europe

although it seems relatively quiet on the Western Front here, social media continues to connect far-right keyboard warriors and movements

Last week, Cork City councillors urged Garda management to crack down on far-right agitators targeting Cork library staff, but there are mixed views on whether the Irish far-right poses a threat. Picture Denis Minihane.

Everywhere you look in Europe neofascism is on the rise, with taboos dating back to the Second World War being broken down. 

As the Scottish writer Irvine Welsh (of Trainspotting fame) said this month, “Is it any wonder people don’t really know what their place is in the world? Capitalism is on the way out but we’re not mature enough for socialism, and instead, we’re sleepwalking towards some kind of fascistic model and pretty much everything is toxic.” So, is this statement hyperbolic?