Referencing the Independent Commission on UK CT law, policy and practice findings on the #Prevent Duty feweek.co.uk/statutory-pr...

Up to ten domestic terrorist groups operating in Ireland: Garda sources quoted in the article. extra.ie/2025/11/15/n...

“There are some patients … whom I've heard news about following their release, and many have completely abandoned their violent behavior. Some remain in a fairly sectarian ideology, but what matters most is that they've abandoned their violent behaviour." www.france24.com/en/france/20...

Island of Ireland is ‘not ready’ for a unification referendum, says former tánaiste

'Sovereign citizens' charged after barricading themselves in court: www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin...

New report published by the Independent Commission on Counter-Terrorism Law, Policy and Practice is very much worth a read. Lots to mull over. I was one of those who contributed written evidence on #Prevent. binghamcentre.biicl.org/publications...

War is peace. Freedom is slavery. Millennial is youth. www.spectator.co.uk/article/refo...

This seems like a classic case of attempting to frame all types of “extremism” as “equally bad”. They aren’t. And this does little to enhance the credibility of policies to deal with genuinely dangerous violent extremists. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/nov...

This depends, of course, very much on which iteration of Fine Gael he is talking about. m.independent.ie/irish-news/f...

New extreme right-wing terror group in #Ireland styling itself the Irish Defence Army (IDA). (Not to be confused with the Industrial Development Authority, a state agency that attracts foreign investment, with which it shares an acronym). www.thetimes.com/article/29c3...

#OpenAccess and recently published! Check out: 'Revisionism 2.0: The Royal Irish Constabulary Commemoration Controversy of 2020' by Shaun McDaid: doi.org/10.1080/0308...

Latest from me on the Royal #Irish Constabulary commemoration fiasco a few years ago - thanks to everyone at @jich.bsky.social for their assistance.

A majority of #PREVENT referrals in the past year have no identifiable ideology. www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...

A/C Taylor: “Counter-terrorism policing cannot take on everything - we have finite resources. The threat picture that we're already dealing with is increasing and we are already stretched." news.sky.com/story/more-c...

Why did the #Irish government embark on a risky commemoration of the Royal Irish Constabulary, the pre-independence police force? Latest from me in The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History. *Wolfe Tones soundtrack not included. www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10....

Seán Moran: Jim Gavin’s stark weekend, from crowning glory to cautionary tale

Talk Of Fascism Dangerous, Warns Ministry Of Compliance

‘I refuse to be defined by fascism’: daughter of murder victim speaks after death of neo-Nazi killer in prison. After the man who killed her father is found dead in his cell, Maz Saleem reflects on living with loss and choosing not to hate

Any councillors who fancy losing their seats next time, perhaps. www.irishtimes.com/politics/202...

Reform UK manifesto: “We used to send £350m a week to Brussels. Let’s send it to the Taliban instead.”

Once again, magical thinking when it comes to Northern Ireland and international relations. But it doesn’t mean they won’t try.

The Farage plan on immigration has a lot of wildness in it. Not least the perverse incentives it creates for states to allow irregular migration to the UK in the first place, then get paid for returns. Add to that the potential indignity of paying those who slaughtered British soldiers

Latest Irish crime statistics out. www.rte.ie/news/crime/2...

Strong “there was a request from the back of the hall” vibes here.

The Slash www.belfastlive.co.uk/news/apprent...

Expecto Patrolum www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Reform UK puts teenagers in charge of vital public services. Concerns raised about council appointments, including 19-year-old overseeing children and family services

If you say you’re English, these days, they’ll give you your own television show on a Friday evening.

This is a public order issue. It isn’t terrorism, and it undermines the credibility of the UK’s counter-terrorism strategy to treat it as such. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

Welcome news. A step in the right direction. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...

The broke mob.

This sums the whole situation up quite nicely.