PERSPECTIVE DEMOCRACY AND HUMAN RIGHTS SHIFTING LANDSCAPES& LANGUAGE Democratic volatility and the evolving political discourse in Ireland David Kitching and Cathal Lathrop December 2024 Ireland has not yet had an electorally successful far right movement, but elements within the mainstream have begun to utilise far right rhetoric. There are cohorts among the population who are increas­ingly alienated and frustrated with Ireland’s political and economic system. They are vulnerable to radicalisation. Political practitioners are concerned about these chal­lenges but continue to make strategic errors in addressing them.