About this episode
Dr Mike Ryan discusses the hijacking of the Irish flag by toxic nationalism with reporter David Gilbert.
Former World Health Organisation Executive Director Dr Mike Ryan says the Irish flag has been “hijacked” by what he describes as a very toxic form of nationalism… For more on this, Ciara is joined by David Gilbert, Reporter at WIRED who covers disinformation and online extremism.
People in this episode
Host: Ciara
Guests: Dr Mike Ryan, David Gilbert
Topics covered
- nationalism
- Irish flag
- disinformation
- online extremism
- toxic nationalism
Keywords
- Irish flag
- nationalism
- disinformation
- toxic nationalism
- Dr Mike Ryan
- David Gilbert
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: World Health Organisation, WIRED
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