He has previously come to the attention of the Special Detective Unit, the operational anti-terrorist arm of Garda Security & Intelligence. There was a lot of support, including a couple of posts from a candidate in the upcoming local elections from the far-right Irish Freedom Party. A second security source said: “There’s a few of them [the 20] that are real players, but not that many. Norwegian far-right terrorist Anders Breivik was praised on a Irish far-right Telegram group. “I think the State has been slow to respond,” one senior security source said.

Source: Irish Examiner May 07, 2024 04:47 UTC