The coordinator of the Hope and Courage Collective says that in order to keep politics from moving too far to the right in the wake of the immigration issue, political leaders need to interact with communities more, reports Breaking News.
A nationwide civil society organisation, Hope and Courage Collective (formerly Far Right Observatory) “works with community groups, advocacy groups, trade unions, activists and academics to stop hate organising in our communities and workplaces.”
The organization’s goal is to “support communities and civil society to stay grounded, caring and resilient in the face of far-right hate, bigotry and extremism”, reports Breaking News.
An international protection application building was destroyed in a recent fire at Ross Hill House in Rosscahill, County Galway; these kinds of incidents have not been common in recent months.
Following the fire incident, Fianna Fáil initiated disciplinary action against two local council members for their divisive remarks against immigration.
The Hope and Courage Collective’s coordinator, Niamh McDonald, told BreakingNews.That is to say, there’s a risk that a tiny but well-organized group of far-right agitators will have an impact on local lawmakers, many of whom are just trying to help their people.
“The far-right don’t come in with solutions, they come in with division and hatred, and that’s a road we don’t want to go down, because nobody in our communities will see any improvements if that’s where they keep looking,” Niamh said, reports Breaking News.
“The messaging has gone to the mainstream. Messages from the far-right, like Ireland is full etc. It’s not about the hotel as such, it’s broadened out into the normalisation of far-right messaging. We can also see it has been facilitated by local elected representatives on the ground supporting the messaging of the far-right,” reports Breaking News.
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