After the Tumbler Ridge shooting, a focus on the perpetrator’s transgender identity sparked Canada’s largest 6-month surge in anti-LGBTQ+ online hate.

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Catherine Connolly garnered 914,000 first preference votes, the highest number ever recorded for any presidential candidate in Irish history, by explicitly rejecting far-right narratives throughout th...

Paul Nolan, 36, stood outside an IPAS centre, goading and recording applicants.

A new law banning the controversial practice is to be published in the Autumn and will be presented to the Dail in the coming months

This week, hosts Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson are joined by Aoife Gallagher, a senior analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, for a conversation about recent online incitement against migrants...

This week, hosts Jim Ludes and Mark Jacobson are joined by Aoife Gallagher, a senior analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue, for a conversation about recent online incitement against migrants...

'This convergence reflects a broader trend in which traditionally opposed groups coalesce around common narratives', the ISD report said 

Anti-migrant sentiments have united former foes on both sides of the Irish border. Northern Irish Loyalists and Irish Republicans have voiced online support for each other and crossed the Irish border...

Anti-migrant sentiments have united former foes on both sides of the Irish border. Northern Irish Loyalists and Irish Republicans have voiced online support for each other and crossed the Irish border...

The joke image was posted “in a spirit of fun, not mockery”, Mayo Pride told The Journal.

ISD examines how online nihilistic communities inspire violence and challenge terrorism frameworks built around ideological threats.

Conor McGregor appears to have based one of the key views he expressed during his St Patrick's Day White House visit on a ranking of European cities published by an online gambling company.

This Dispatch covers Israeli far-right extremism, including Kahanism, settler violence, far-right parties, and groups, with a focus on post-October 2023 developments.

A joint investigation by ISD and Hope and Courage Collective documenting violent and concerning incidents in the lead-up to Ireland's 2024 general election.

A joint investigation by ISD and Hope and Courage Collective documenting violent and concerning incidents in the lead-up to Ireland's 2024 general election.

False claims of election interference in Ireland’s June elections failed to gain traction, but November’s general election may be a new opportunity for far-right activists.

Set up in response to events in “the fall of 2022”, they’ve been seeking “digital canvassers” to back candidates listed on the website.

Global Witness said that there is a blind spot in TikTok's moderation system when it comes to the Irish language

Experts say fake images raising fears around issues such as immigration have proliferated since EU elections

False claims of election interference in Ireland’s June elections failed to gain traction, but November’s general election may be a new opportunity for far-right activists.

False claims of election interference in Ireland’s June elections failed to gain traction, but November’s general election may be a new opportunity for far-right activists.

A year after the Dublin riots, far-right activists operate with ease in Ireland, assisted by platforms unwilling to enforce their own rules and enabled by an ineffectual official response

This Dispatch examines how Hurricane Helene mis- and disinformation spread online, with antisemitic hate and election conspiracies promoted by politicians and extremists.

ISD analyst Aoife Gallagher discusses the dangers of far-right disinformation linking migrants to violence, highlighting incidents post-Dublin riots.

Dublin riots in Nov 2023 exposed Ireland's anti-immigration violence, which has since surged, with 61 incidents recorded from May to August 2024.

ISD’s Aoife Gallagher on the increasing intimidation and violence faced by politicians from far-right agitators and conspiracy groups in Ireland.

Attack on Roberto Gomes dos Santos jnr, who moved to Ireland from a favela in Rio de Janeiro, left him needing six stitches

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The home of the suspected “ringleader” of a gang who beat a Croatian man to death was searched and a mobile phone seized within days of the murder, it can be revealed.

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The events of Saturday shine a light on several issues related to the crisis, while details audible on protesters' own livestreams provide insights into the dynamics between local and non-local people...

As technology has advanced, AI-generated deepfakes have become more convincing.

Ireland's Taoiseach has used a speech to the Irish diaspora in the US, to highlight that St Patrick - who is celebrated every March 17th - was a 'single, male, undocumented migrant'. Immigration prote...

In view of the nationwide farmers’ protests in Germany, ISD found that some farmers who played a key role in organising the protests are linked to a larger conspiracy theorist and far-right network th...

A 61-year-old man charged in connection with an arson attack on a Luas on the night of the Dublin Riots is an activist with the Far Right ‘National Party.’

From Russell Brand to Steve Bannon, pundits are distorting our past oppression – when it should be a source of solidarity with refugees, says Guardian Europe columnist Emma Dabiri

Education sources in Roscrea have said primary schools in the Tipperary town do have the capacity to take additional pupils and are not 'full', as some protesters at the Racket Hall hotel site as well...