Three things to watch in the upcoming European and local elections - including immigration on the ballot paper

The local and European elections are not a crystal ball. But they amount to a huge political event that will tell us things about the state of Irish politicsOne of the striking things is the number of candidates running in the European Parliament elections across the three constituencies. And there are some 2,000 candidates for the local elections.

The findings are discussed in great and anorakish detail elsewhere in this weekend’s paper. But pulling back the lens a bit, what can we expect to learn from these elections once the dust has settled? We know that the results are not a reliable guide to what will happen in the general election that must follow within eight months.

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