Irish voters keep their politics local

Foreign policy will play little part in deciding the outcome of the General Election

No shortage exists of major foreign policy issues for Ireland to deal with

In some ways, the contrast between Ireland and our nearest neighbour could not be greater. Political debate at present in Britain is dominated by foreign policy – more exactly, by one foreign policy issue: Brexit.

External affairs gaining this kind of prominence in British political debate is nothing new. It was the wish to sweep foreign policy off the general election agenda in May 2015 (and to keep Ukip from the gates) that ...