Ireland saw a sharp increase in the activities of far-right and Islamic extremists last year, according to the EU’s joint police agency. Europol warns there is also growing threat from right-wing extremism in Ireland. It receives most of its data from police agencies, indicating the Garda views far-right extremism as a growing threat here. According to Europol there is “a strong international network involving right-wing extremists from Ireland, other European countries and the USA”. Moonshot found only 39 per cent of the tweets were sent by Irish users, with 14 per cent coming from the UK and 18 per cent from the US.

Source: The Irish Times June 25, 2020 00:00 UTC