Why is far-right activist Tommy Robinson targeting Ireland?
“Fight Night” took on a whole new meaning at an influencer-fronted event in Kilkenny when the action dramatically spilled outside the squared circle.Far-right activist Tommy Robinson – real name Stephen Yaxley-Lennon – found himself at the centre of an all-out brawl when a seemingly pissed-off pugilist leapt from the ring apron to confront Robinson head-on.Cue pandemonium, beamed out via livestream to an audience of almost two million.Questions, naturally, have arisen in recent days.Was everything really as it seemed? More to the point, why was Tommy Robinson there in the first place? And, perhaps most pertinently, how does Ireland factor into Robinson’s agenda of disruption and division?On this episode of The Indo Daily, Fionnán Sheahan is joined by Irish Independent journalists Darragh Nolan and Aisling Bolton-Dowling to look at the fallout from a strange night in Kilkenny.The Indo Daily is part of the Trust Project. See our ethics policies at independent.ie/ourjournalism