Ben Scallan was a [candidate](https://www.thejournal.ie/election-2020/candidate/1017/ben-scallan/
) for the [far right organisation](https://www.presscouncil.ie/office-of-the-press-ombudsman/outcome-of-complaints/decided-by-the-press-ombudsman/9722021-mr-hermann-kelly-and-the-journal) The Irish Freedom Party in the 2020 general elections. Ben Scallan is currently a [presenter for GRIPT media](https://ie.linkedin.com/in/ben-scallan-615412209). Gript media is a website with a national to international focus that has been described as [right wing](https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/gript-we-are-closer-to-the-mainstream-than-the-extreme-6k7fchws3), [alt right](https://the-beacon.ie/2020/09/28/gardai-investigating-apparent-pulse-leak-to-john-mcguirks-gript/) and far right (MeNeely, Gary. “Mum’s fears over anti-abortion vid; Far-right propaganda bid,” The Sun UK. October 18, 2019. Accessed July 11, 2022).