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Concerns over housing and immigration make for a volatile campaign in Ireland's election

Los Angeles Times
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Independent candidates are hoping for election in Ireland 's lower house of parliament on Friday .

Gerry Hutch , an alleged gangster, was acquitted last year of murdering a gangland rival.

He was bailed in Spain 's Canary Islands on money-laundering charges and allowed to return to Ireland to run for election.

Issue that comes up most on the campaign trail is housing.

Immigration has risen on the political agenda as new arrivals transform Ireland .

The main political parties are trying to defuse the discontent, touting plans to get a grip on immigration and build many more houses.

Ireland ’s government has one advantage over many others: money, in part from $13.6 billion in back taxes that the EU ordered Apple to pay Ireland .

Prime Minister Simon Harris is hoping to remain as prime minister, but his campaign has been weakened by gaffes.

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