In June 2021, Justin Barrett, the leader of one of the country’s minor far-right parties, stood for a Dáil seat in the Dublin Bay South by-election. The founder of the National Party used the slogan ‘Right so far’ in his campaign, but he made little impact in an election won by Ivana Bacik of Labour. Barrett received just 183 first-preference votes and was eliminated in the third round. In the 2020 general election, the National Party — launched in November 2016 — stood candidates in 10 constituencies but met overwhelming indifference. It bagged just 4,773 first-preference votes in the entire...