Meet the wild anti-colonial boys. A week doesn't go by without Belfast rappers Kneecap finding themselves in the middle of another controversy. But, as Niamh Kirk points out, the response to their cultural republicanism is not an isolated controversy but part of a far wider trend. "It's the manifestation of emerging anti-colonial movements clashing with Ireland’s longstanding tradition of aversion to engaging with the legacies of colonisation. They represent the new symbols and soundtrack of Irish anti-colonial resistance for a generation that aren't actually evoking violent nationalism" https://www.rte.ie/brainstorm/2025/0617/1518738-kneecap-anti-colonialism/