Indeed, research from counter-extremism group Moonshot this week showed that the Irish far-right extremist audience is actively searching for highly niche extremist material. Garda sources said people associated with certain dissident republican groups were seen at last Saturday’s protest. Disinformation analyst at the Institute for Strategic Dialogue Ciarán O'Connor says that far-right groups are taking advantage of people "at a very vulnerable time". "And these far-right groups are using that to sow division and hostility to push their own political objectives." They claim these incidents are set up to take "their fundamental freedoms" away — much like Irish anti-lockdown protestors claim Covid-19 restrictions take away "their constitutional rights".

Source: Irish Examiner March 06, 2021 08:30 UTC