Graham Clifford: New Government needs to get tough on the far right

This election, once and for all, showed us what the people of Ireland really think about. And, for the overwhelming majority, it’s not immigration, writes Graham Clifford

Local residents with asylum seekers hold up a banner supporting refugees as other locals blockade the asylum seeker accommodation at the Magowna House Hotel in Inch, Co Clare, in 2023. File Picture: Niall Carson/PA 

"Ireland rejects far-right extremism" was the heading in the British daily newspaper, the i.

The strapline read: "As the world grapples with rising extremism, Ireland’s election underscores a preference for stability, pragmatism, and centrist governance."