The Truth About Ireland
Ireland is in crisis — and Rebel News is there to cover it.
Throughout 2026, Rebel News reporters have made multiple trips to Ireland to report on stories that the country’s state broadcaster, RTÉ, simply won’t tell. From a landmark free speech trial to a historic trucker and farmer convoy, Ireland is becoming one of the most important battlegrounds in the Western world for liberty, sovereignty, and the right to speak freely.
Kirk Loco: The First Man Prosecuted Under Ireland’s “Fake News” Law
It started with a retweet. Kirk Loco, an Irish citizen journalist and critic of mass immigration, reposted a public warning from a woman who said a migrant man had exposed himself to passengers on a public bus — including a 14-year-old girl. The incident was witnessed by half a dozen people. It was caught on CCTV. The bus driver stopped the bus to investigate.
The migrant was never charged. Kirk was.
Irish police prosecuted Kirk under the country’s new “harmful communications” law — a censorship statute so broad it can be used to punish citizens for sharing public safety warnings that the government finds embarrassing. It is the first time that law has ever been used, and it is obvious Kirk was targeted because of his political views.
Ezra flew to Dublin in February 2026 to meet Kirk and his principled legal team — barrister Laoise de Brún and solicitor Padraig Langsch. Unlike the legal aid system, which encourages defendants to simply plead guilty and pay a fine, Kirk’s lawyers are fighting every step of the way. Ezra returned again in May 2026 for Kirk’s eighth court appearance, where the judge lifted an outrageous bail condition that had banned Kirk from attending any protest — on any subject — anywhere in Ireland.
I’m in Bray, Ireland, to report on the prosecution of Kirk Loco, an Irish man accused of “fake news” for publishing a tweet about a migrant man who allegedly exposed himself to a teenager on the bus.
— Ezra Levant 🍁🚛 (@ezralevant) May 21, 2026
I'm also crowdfunding Kirk's lawyers. Follow along at https://t.co/WhG0lZikX0
The trial is now set for September. Kirk could face real prison time. Not a single mainstream media journalist was in the courtroom. We were.
We are crowdfunding Kirk’s legal defence — because no citizen should be prosecuted for speaking honestly about a public safety incident. Please help at IrishFreeSpeech.com.
Ireland’s Trucker Convoy: “We Have No Choice”
In April 2026, something extraordinary happened in Ireland. Truckers, farmers, bus drivers, and tradespeople blockaded highways, ports, major intersections, and the country’s only operating oil refinery — all in protest of the government’s punishing fuel taxes. For a regular car, filling up costs the equivalent of $200 Canadian. For a trucker or farmer, a single tank runs close to $1,000.
Ezra and his videographer Efrain drove across the entire country — from Dublin to Cork — and found blockade after blockade, every single one with the quiet support of the local Gardaí. The police told protesters to carry on. Even the army, when the government threatened to deploy it against the farmers, refused to move against their own people.
When Ezra returned to Canada, Alexa Lavoie immediately flew back to Ireland to keep covering the story as it escalated. Outside the Dáil, she spoke with ordinary Irish people who said this had become about far more than diesel prices — it was about housing they couldn’t afford, healthcare that was broken, and a political class that responded to every legitimate grievance by calling people “far-right.”
The government offered protesters a 2.4-cent-per-litre reduction in diesel. The people called it crumbs.
What Rebel News witnessed in Ireland was not a fringe movement. It was severely normal people — too busy working to protest — who looked us in the eye and said: “We have no choice.” Not as a slogan. As a statement of fact.
The By-Elections: Ireland Sends a Message
Ezra’s May 2026 trip also took him to two special by-elections for the Dáil, Ireland’s parliament. By-elections are often used by voters to send a message to unpopular governments, and Ireland’s high-tax, mass immigration government has certainly given the people cause to protest.
In Dublin, independent city councillor Malachy Steenson has been one of the country’s most effective critics of mass immigration. In Galway West — the seat vacated when socialist Catherine Connolly was elected president — a dark horse candidate named Noel Thomas is running as a grassroots independent. Thomas was expelled from the mainstream Fianna Fáil party for criticizing Ireland’s immigration policies, and he stood alongside the farmers and truckers during this spring’s fuel tax protests.
Could Galway voters shock Irish politics by electing a grassroots dissenter in the former president’s own seat? We’re there to find out.
Why Rebel News Is in Ireland
RTÉ, Ireland’s state broadcaster, receives hundreds of millions of euros in government funding. It is not a news organisation — it is a propaganda outlet that treats every government critic as a threat and every grassroots protester as a far-right extremist. The Irish people deserve another voice.
That’s why we’re here. Rebel News receives no government money — not a cent — which is precisely why we can report honestly on Ireland’s crises, stand beside free speech fighters like Kirk Loco, and give farmers and truckers the coverage they deserve.
Our motto is telling the other side of the story. In Ireland, the other side of the story is the truth.
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