PUBLIC Niall McConnell was an independent political candidate for Donegal General Election 2020 (580 first preference votes) is the leader of [Síol na hÉireann](https://www.irishpatriots.com/about) and despite being widely ridiculed across far right groups in Ireland, has international relationships with members of neo-fascist groups across Europe, as reported in the [European Islamophobia Report for 2020](https://slamophobiareport.com/islamophobiareport.pdf),”including the NDP (Germany); the New Right (Romania); Democracia Nacional (Spain); E. Michael Jones, who has been referred to as an anti-Semitic author; Dan Eriksson (Europa Terra Nostra); Roberto Fiore (Forza Nuova); Nick Griffin (former leader of the British National Party); the aforementioned Jim Dowson, who is referred to as a “central pillar in the Christian militant group Knights Templar International”; and Greek Golden Dawn associate Athanasios Konstantinou.”