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The Free State’s Fascists

By: Pádraig Óg Ó Ruairc

Although fascism has traditionally held little sway over the Irish people, it is a century-old movement — and one experiencing a well-funded renaissance.

At its peak, Ireland’s fascist Blueshirts paramilitary boasted 47,000 members. (Photo by Keystone-France / Gamma-Keystone / Getty Images)

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As the British media began analysing the unprecedented outbreak of racist violence that followed the Southport murders earlier this year, relatively little attention was paid to events in Belfast, where the rioting continued long after it had ended in English cities. Belfast has a depressingly long history of rioting, but this was different. The racist, […]

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As the British media began analysing the unprecedented outbreak of racist violence that followed the Southport murders earlier this year, relatively little attention was paid to events in Belfast, where the rioting continued long after it had ended in English cities. Belfast has a depressingly long history of rioting, but this was different. The racist, […]

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As the British media began analysing the unprecedented outbreak of racist violence that followed the Southport murders earlier this year, relatively little attention was paid to events in Belfast, where the rioting continued long after it had ended in English cities. Belfast has a depressingly long history of rioting, but this was different. The racist, […]

As the British media began analysing the unprecedented outbreak of racist violence that followed the Southport murders earlier this year, relatively little attention was paid to events in Belfast, where the rioting continued long after it had ended in English cities. Belfast has a depressingly long history of rioting, but this was different. The racist, […]

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