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Mick Clifford: How ‘common sense’ is fuelling the rise of right-wing populism in Ireland

Recent controversies show how State missteps can provide powerful ammunition for a political movement increasingly gaining traction in Ireland
US president Donald Trump espouses right-wing populism Picture: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

US president Donald Trump espouses right-wing populism Picture: AP Photo/Julia Demaree Nikhinson

This week a political defection sank without a trace. Michael Sheehan, a long-time councillor in Wexford, joined Independent Ireland. Sheehan had once been in Fianna Fáil, but went out on his own in recent years.

He told his local newspaper his former party was not the organisation he signed up for in 1997.

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