The Far-Right in Ireland

Rise, Activities and International Links
1. Auflage 2025
ISBN: 978-1-5292-4482-3
Verlag: Bristol University Press

Buch, Englisch, 198 Seiten, Format (B × H): 127 mm x 203 mm, Gewicht: 327 g

Recent years have seen a rise in far-right activity and protest in Ireland, with an increase in the number of attacks and harassment episodes against minorities, as well as politicians, journalists and activists.

Addressing a lack of research on the subject, this book is the first to analyse the rapidly escalating situation. Contributions from diverse sources, including journalists and former Irish police officers, explore the fundraising and online activities of far-right groups in their opposition to the politics of gender, sexual diversity and multiculturalism. In exposing the rising threat from violent far-right actors, the book promotes a debate on how civil society can prevent and counteract the spread of such ideas.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Ahmed, Yasmine

Weitere Mitwirkende

Lynch, Orla

Windle, James

Sweenet, Kevin

Cronin, Joan

Fattibene, Gabriella

Schenk, Clara

Brady, Sheelagh

Mooney, John

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politikwissenschaft Allgemein Politische Studien zu einzelnen Ländern und Gebieten
• Sozialwissenschaften Politikwissenschaft Politische Ideologien Faschismus, Rechtsextremismus

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction: Defining and Researching the Far-Right in Ireland: One Step Behind – Yasmine Ahmed

Part I: The Far-Right and the State

1. The Far-Right in Ireland 2018–2024: An Overview – Yasmine Ahmed

2. Sovereign Citizen: Pseudolaw as a Gateway to Extremism in Ireland – Kevin Sweeney

Part II: Far-Right Activities: Organization and Funding

3. Ultra-Nationalism in Ireland: Anti-Immigration and the Response of the State – John Mooney

4. Far Right Intersections With Gender Ideologies and Extremist Behaviour (National and Global Perspectives): ‘Our Histories Haunt Us’ – Joan Cronin

5. Financing the Far-Right in Ireland – Clara Schenk and James Windle

Part III: Offline and Online: Platforms and Communications of the Far-Right in Ireland

6. The Far-Right in Ireland: History, Politics and Conspiracy Offline and Online – Orla Lynch, Gabriella Fattibene and James Windle

7. The Visual Tactics of Irish Far-Right Extremism – Sheelagh Brady

Conclusion: Taking a Picture of the Far-Right in Ireland – Yasmine Ahmed

Über Autor(innen)

Ahmed, Yasmine
Yasmine Ahmed is a Ph.D Candidate in Criminology at University College Cork.

Lynch, Orla
Orla Lynch is Senior Lecturer in Criminology and Director of Research for the Department of Sociology and Criminology at the University College Cork, Ireland.

Windle, James
James Windle is Lecturer in Criminology at University College Cork.

Yasmine Ahmed is Lecturer of Criminology and co-director of the MA in Trauma Studies at University College Cork.