A year ago, rioters torched Dublin’s city center in an explosion of the anti-immigration rage that populist politicians across Europe have exploited. For Sinn Fein, that anger has proved particularly disastrous.

The country’s main opposition political party has tapped much of the populist playbook in recent years to take advantage of public frustration about issues like housing. But as a left-wing party, it hasn’t pushed the kind of far-right rhetoric that’s become a vote winner for others.

As a result, Sinn Fein has lost support to figures whose messaging has proved more appealing to those concerned about the impact of rising immigration on already strained services. Those taking part in violent protests have even branded the party and its leader Mary Lou McDonald as "traitors" for failing to take a stronger stance.

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