OVER THE NEXT two years, Irish citizens will cast their votes on at least four different occasions as the country goes to the polls for local, European, national and presidential elections. The political landscape has changed considerably since the last national election in 2020, which was held weeks before the start of the Covid pandemic; issues like the cost of living and immigration now feature higher in polls asking voters about their concerns than they did four years ago. Ireland has never elected a politician from a far-right party, with the best-performing candidate in the 2020 general election getting just...