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The Locals review: Misjudged RTÉ documentary on local elections gives too much airtime to the toxic far-right

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The Locals review: Misjudged RTÉ documentary on local elections gives too much airtime to the toxic far-right

Set up as an objective view of north inner city Dublin, Luke McManus’s documentary unfortunately comes up short

Brian Garrigan was presented as the buffoonish face of far-right extremism in documentary ‘The Locals’. Photo: RTÉ

Early on in Luke McManus’s documentary The Locals (available now on RTÉ Player), filmed during the run-up to last month’s local elections in Dublin’s north inner city, Malachy Steenson, a far-right candidate, is sharing his obnoxious extremist beliefs.

Steenson, who campaigned for a “No” vote in the 1992 abortion referendum and in recent times has become a high-profile anti-immigration activist, says: “We’ve now moved on to killing the old people with euthanasia.”

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