Immigration and the rise and fall of the Irish far right in 2024
Violence continued to grow along with the disinformation campaigns targeting asylum seekers, but far-right candidates failed to turn their large social media followings into votes
Coolock unrest
Stories realting to unrest in Coolock, Dublin in 2024 over protests around old Crown Paints factory being prepared as accommodation for international protection applicants
The year in policing: how did Garda Commissioner Drew Harris respond to the biggest challenges of 2024?
Far-right-inspired violence and continued sluggish efforts to grow the Garda force dominated Harris’s final full year in charge
Dublin Bay North constituency candidates list: Element of randomness as Haughey, Bruton and Ó Ríordáin votes will scatter
Election 2024: Constituency has lost territory to Dublin North West and gained Balgriffin
Election 2024: What are the key immigration issues for voters?
Asylum seekers and refugees continue to arrive, protests have become common, and the State’s immigration system continues to flounder
‘They won’t be waltzing off into the sunset’: How the Dublin riots changed Irish policing
One year on from the riots, gardaí are using different tactics and more formidable equipment to tackle big public order disturbances
New Garda assistant commissioner to lead policing in Dublin region
Paul Cleary’s appointment to lead Dublin policing comes amid challenges of anti-immigration sentiment and crime in region
Coolock: High Court refuses to halt plans for migrant housing on former Crown Paints site
Judge said three plaintiffs’ legal documents were ‘awash in meaningless conspiracy theories’
Coolock factory will not be developed for asylum-seeker accommodation until gardaí are satisfied the site is safe, court told
Site was scene of violence and unrest over plans to develop it into accommodation
Violence at Coolock protest site ‘has not reoccurred’, High Court told
Judge is told a ‘residual’ protest remains outside the former factory, which is due to house asylum seekers
State needs to ‘learn lessons’ from escalation of anti-migrant protests in Coolock, Micheál Martin says
Tanáiste was responding to new footage of protests broadcast by RTÉ on Thursday night
‘I love Ireland. Ireland is 100% different to back home. It’s peace, calm’
Qareeb Urrahman came to Ireland from Afghanistan in 2021
Injunction to prevent Coolock site being used to house migrants sought in High Court
Three members of the public seek to restrain former warehouse from being redeveloped to house mostly Ukrainians
Too often our emotions – anger, frustration, fear – propel us to search for ‘facts’ to fit how we are feeling
There was a time – not too long ago – that we might roll our eyes and even feel a bit superior to Americans, given all the stupid things so many of them believe
Accommodating asylum seekers
High Court has judged that the Irish Government is breaching asylum seekers’ human rights
Tommy Robinson and Tristan Tate are among overseas supporters of Irish anti-immigration activists
‘Professional’ protesters at recent anti-immigration events used tactics popular among far right in EU and US, security sources say
Neo-Nazis create propaganda posters in support of Irish anti-immigration protests
The group’s main tactic is to blanket an area with flyers and posters featuring extreme anti-Semitic imagery and conspiracy theories about Jewish people
Small protest at site earmarked for asylum seekers in Coolock
About 60 people have gathered, although Coolock Says No says it did not organise the protest
Mixed views in Dundrum about arrival of asylum seekers, residents say
Analysis shows accommodation centres are located in areas ranging from very affluent to extremely disadvantaged
Harris calls for more consultation with gardaí over planned international protection accommodation
Policing Authority told some protesters in Coolock, opposed to use of former Crown Paints factory, had genuine concerns but were ‘infiltrated’ by ‘troublemakers’
Government will not be dictated to by small, violent group opposed to asylum accommodation, says Tánaiste
Micheál Martin says recents attacks on gardaí former Crown Paints factory in Coolock represents attack on the State and its citizens
Judge finds in favour of Crown Paints in rent dispute over Coolock premises
Landlords argued Crown Paints was required to pay market rent for over four years before leaving premises in 2022
Drones being used to deliver unlit petrol bombs to Coolock site, High Court hears
‘Crackle of violence’ could spark into flames at site being developed as accommodation for mainly Ukrainians
Sinn Féin pledges new migration system in significant policy shift
SF seeks end to ‘two-tier system’ favouring Ukrainians and calls for ‘audit’ of services before asylum seekers are moved into any area
Flammable liquids and rags for incendiary devices found during Garda policing at Coolock
Devices risk ‘serious harm to human life as well as criminal damage to property’, gardaí say
Coolock unrest: Fourth fire at former Crown Paints factory
Separately a number of arrests were made in Dundalk, Co Louth, after anti-immigrant protesters and a counter-protest took place, with members of the Public Order Unit separating the two groups
Coolock unrest: Why can’t gardaí prevent fires at former Crown Paints factory?
Force cannot provide ‘free security service’ for large former Crown Paints building at centre of protest, sources say
Anti-migrant sentiment makes people want to migrate. Here’s how to fix it
Fear of authoritarianism and loss of freedom is pushing people to move away
Fears of the ‘vanishing Irish’ proved unfounded in the 1950s, and they’re unfounded now
Rite & Reason: The average age at marriage is now markedly higher than in the days of The Vanishing Irish. Or is marriage vanishing?
Third fire in three days at Coolock site earmarked for international protection applicants
Gardaí believe arsonists have been scaling a fence, setting fires and escaping before flames are noticed
Mary Lou McDonald accuses Government of ‘arrogant and disrespectful’ attitude to Coolock residents
Sinn Fein president called for engagement over community concerns on site of international protection accommodation
Three gardaí injured and one man arrested after further unrest following Coolock protests
Hundreds of people gather at the former Crown Paints factory on Malahide Road, earmarked for international protection applicants
‘Coolock says no and we mean it’: How disinformation lit a torch in the north Dublin suburb
If you are convinced your community is being ‘invaded’, it becomes easier to justify violence. Disinformation is an accelerant that incites hate and fuels extremism
Asylum protesters ‘are not us’, says Taoiseach at MacGill Summer School
Simon Harris says everyone is entitled to protest but not to ‘lawlessness’
Volunteers guard tents of asylum seekers overnight amid rising threat of violence
Male international protection applicants advised to find less visible locations to camp as tension expected to rise on Friday night
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