Irish Examiner view: Irish soundly rejected the far right

We have a long way to go before a Government will be formed, but we can at least congratulate ourselves that the far right will have no part in the process

It would appear that the electorate, while offering a modicum of support, was not willing to embrace the policies of the far right. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

In this year of elections globally, we have witnessed numerous twists and turns, but by far the most worrying has been the shift towards the far right, which we have seen not only across Europe but across the world.

Argentina and America are the two most obvious non-European instances where there was a sharp swerve to the right by the electorate, following on from what has happened in recent times in Finland, Italy, the Netherlands, and many eastern European countries.