I. The post
In 2024, asked a question on the platform X, Mr Barrett responded by posting an image of Adolf Hitler with the description that he was “the greatest leader of all time”. The statement was reported by the Sunday World. Sunday World
II. The earlier entries
The 2024 post is consistent with a record that long predates it:
- 2000. Guest of honour at a rally of the German neo-Nazi National Democratic Party (NPD) in Passau, at which anti-semitic speeches were delivered, peppered with quotations from Mein Kampf. RTÉ News Wikipedia
- 2001–2002. Attended and spoke at events of the Italian neo-fascist party Forza Nuova, in Milan and Bologna. The Irish Times
- October 2002. Initially denied the German and Italian appearances and threatened libel actions against the newspapers reporting them, then conceded the appearances. RTÉ News
- 9 November 2023. Appeared on the steps of Leinster House wearing a Nazi SS uniform; he was jeered. The Phoenix
Read in sequence, the 2024 post is not an outlier. It is the plainest statement of a position the record had already documented for twenty-four years. The fuller version of the uniform incident is on its own page.
III. A note on this page
The text is original. The quotation “the greatest leader of all time” is reproduced as reported by the Sunday World; no quotation has been invented. No claim is made that is not supported by the linked source. Published in reliance on the truth (s.16) and public-interest (s.26) defences of the Defamation Act 2009. Corrections of fact, supplied with a public source, are welcome at info@justinbarrett.ie.