Breitbart’s Irish disciples

More than a decade ago, Donegal-born Ann McElhinney and Tyrone native Phelim McAleer had a chance meeting with the American alt-right mogul and activist Andrew Breitbart in Washington DC. Since then, they’ve built a burgeoning and lucrative empire of conservative agit-prop that feeds the growing appetite for right-wing invective in the US. Barry J Whyte and Marion McKeone report

Phelim McAleer: the Tyrone native has been described as a Michael Moore for American conservatives PIc: Peter Duke