Far-right candidates fail to break through, defying global trends

Far-right candidates fail to break through, defying global trends

National Alliance’s vote management falls short on results with even high-profile candidates missing out

Far-right flop as candidates largely spurned by electorate despite Musk predictions

The Irish far-right surge predicted by the world’s richest man Elon Musk on Friday did not come to pass, with anti-immigration candidates emphatically rejected by the people this weekend. Ireland remains something of an outlier in that it still does not have a single far-right politician in parliament. Anti-immigration representatives made some ground in the local elections, with five councillors elected around the country. Gavin Pepper Photogra…