🇮🇪 Ireland In power: RIGHT
CURRENT MONTH — OCTOBER 2026
LEFT
14
Sinn Féin / Labour / SocDems / Greens
Governing side
RIGHT
13
Fine Gael / Fianna Fáil / Independent right
Governing side
Higher scores indicate more violent speech
Factions scoped to Ireland political spectrum
Political compass
public mood vs who governs
Authoritarian
Libertarian
Left
Right
Leaning security
Leaning liberty
Leaning left
Leaning right
People
+16 / +15
Politicians
+8 / +12
24-MONTH HISTORY • LEFT VS RIGHT
● LEFT
● RIGHT
│ MAJOR EVENTS
MAJOR EVENTS
August 2024
│
Asylum accommodation (IPAS) local protest spike
November 2024
│
Dublin riot anniversary and anti-immigration rhetoric
March 2025
│
Housing occupation and eviction-resistance rhetoric
May 2025
│
Local and European election campaign polarization
August 2025
│
Summer asylum-centre protest confrontations
November 2025
│
Budget and migration policy rhetoric peak
March 2026
│
Housing bill protest and counter-protest rhetoric
May 2026
│
General election campaign buildup
August 2026
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Summer asylum-centre protest confrontations
September 2026
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Anti-Trump and pro-Palestine protests during the US presidential visit
PUBLIC vs GOVERNMENT
Lines (left axis): public mood (Spectrum) and who held the state that month on the same left–right axis.
Bars (right axis): gap (public − government), autoscaled.
How to read this
Scores (0–100) estimate how often each side’s public discourse calls for violence or issues threats. Left and Right are that country’s own camps, not US parties transplanted abroad. In power is who holds the state that month. Public mood is where people sit left–right and liberty–order; who governs is the office-holders’ ideology (slow-moving). Higher violent-speech scores mean more violent rhetoric. Scores are for entertainment and experimental purposes. Full methodology