What Next for Ireland’s Far-Right?

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Sinn Féin’s surge was the story of the recent election and the support garnered by the left as a whole was a welcome new development in Irish politics. But these were not the only changes the country’s political system was undergoing. The election was the first in which the Irish far-right had a very visible presence. Relatively new political parties such as the National Party and the Irish Freedom Party brought to the Irish…