Far-right conspiracy theorists are having a hugely destructive effect on the Irish political system 

Election candidates are facing a small group of enraged voters, hostile and aggressive to all but a few extreme candidates who share their beliefs in a collection of strange conspiracy theories about who runs the world, immigration, and vaccines

It is more than four years since there has been a major electoral event and early reports suggest some small but serious changes have been taking place in the political undergrowth.

Campaigning in the local and European Parliament elections is well under way. 

Politicians and their teams have started knocking on doors and the process of bedecking the country with election posters started on May 8. It is more than four years since there has been a major electoral event and early reports suggest some small but serious changes have been taking place in the political undergrowth.