'You're a fellow journalist, what power do you have to decide what the public should and should not know?'

'Essentially the position now seems to have gone from 'we're worried about misinformation and disinformation' to all of a sudden you can no longer report true information.'

On the Tonight Show, John McGuirk defends Gript Media against accusations of irresponsibility for revealing the nationality of the suspect in Thursday's stabbing spree in Dublin, against arguments from host Ciara Doherty. Hazel Chu also featured on the panel.

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Conor McGregor reacts to footage from May of gardaí breaking up a peaceful protest in Airways Industrial Estate to force three buses of asylum seekers into the Unit 29 warehouse against the wishes of Turnapin residents near Santry.

"This, in my opinion, is a crime against the fabric of Irish society!...This is what i mean when I say we are at war. You cannot expect the people of Ireland to tolerate this."

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Now this.

Gardaí have denied a report by Paul Healy in the Irish Mirror which claimed that Conor McGregor is being officially investigated for incitement to hatred.

A Garda spokesperson told Gript that “a formal criminal investigation has not commenced in respect of any individual, or group of individuals at this time.”

Sunday's London Times first reported that Conor McGregor was being 'assessed' as part of a Garda inquiry into the dissemination of 'online hate speech'.

Update: The Garda have now told Gript that it does not “confirm or deny whether any individual or group of individuals are or are not under criminal investigation,” despite the initial denial. Paul Healy says he stands by his report.

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Multiple social media users are claiming that they witnessed two official Garda accounts like Xposts petitioning for the reinstatement of the 'Ireland Against Fascism' X account which was suspended earlier today for purportedly breaking the platform's 'violent threats rule'.

It appears the likes by @GardaTraffic and @GardaInfo have been rescinded since their social media activity was highlighted by other users.

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