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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Rory Carroll Ireland correspondent

Ireland heads to the polls to vote in local and European elections

Man in a hi-vis jacket in a warehouse carries a polling station sign
Ireland will send 14 MEPs to Europe. Voters will also fill 949 city and county council seats. Photograph: Clodagh Kilcoyne/Reuters

Voters in Ireland are going to the polls in local and European elections that have been dominated by a housing shortage and a backlash against immigrants and refugees.

A record number of far-right candidates are on the ballot for local councils and the European parliament but it is unclear if many will get elected and join an expected far-right surge across Europe.

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