The ideological space in Irish politics: comparing voters and partiesFootnote^*

* The data used in this article can be accessed at the following links: https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/FYRHS9 and https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/CB2PZA

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