Mid-term elections often change the political currents, altering everything that followsPeople in all parties comment on disinterest at the doors. There are recent precedents of the results in local and European elections signalling a transformational moment in Irish politics. Take the local and European elections of 2004. Fianna Fáil slumped to its worst result in a local or general election in many decades. True, Martin had poor European elections that day, not helped by flaky candidate selection.

Source: The Irish Times May 18, 2019 03:00 UTC