‘We used to be neo-Nazis but we're all right now’ - Why Sweden is a warning for Ireland's future

Podcast: Free State with Joe Brolly and Dion Fanning · Gold Hat Productions

Opublikowano: 2026-08-27

Few things make Irish people feel more inadequate than being told how well everything functions in Scandinavia. We are constantly told about their education systems, its welfare system and its work-life balance. But have we got it wrong? On Free State, Philip O’Connor, who has been based in Sweden since 1999, talks to us about the upcoming election in Sweden. He explains the rise of the Sweden Democrats and how a party with Neo-Nazi origins may now hold the balance of power. He also tells us how they did it...