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Irish Freedom Party

Irish Freedom Party
PresidentHermann Kelly[1]
ChairpersonMichael Leahy[5]
Founded8 September 2018
IdeologyDirect democracy[6]
Hard Euroscepticism[7]
Right-wing populism[8]
Irish nationalism[8]
Anti-immigration[9]
Political positionFar-right[10][11]
Colours  Dark green
  White
Local government
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Website
irishfreedom.ie

The Irish Freedom Party sometimes referred to as IFP and initially known as the Irexit Freedom To Prosper Party,[12] is a minor far-right,[13] hard Eurosceptic[7] political party in Ireland, launched on 8 September 2018.[10][14] It advocates Irish withdrawal from the European Union.

The party president is Hermann Kelly, former Director of Communications for Europe of Freedom and Direct Democracy.[1] The party chairperson is architect Michael Leahy. The party is represented by one councillor at local level.[15]

  1. ^ a b "About Us". Irexit Freedom to Prosper. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  2. ^ "UCD academic Dolores Cahill resigns as chair of Irish Freedom Party". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  3. ^ "'I was the obvious choice' – Corofin's Leahy becomes Chair of the Irish Freedom Party". clareecho.ie. Clare Echo. 27 March 2021. Retrieved 27 May 2021. Leahy outlined that there had been "differences" between Cahill and party members [..] "Professor Cahill [..] was concentrating very much on the issues of vaccination [..] she was making certain pronouncements that we felt we couldn't stand over and for that reason we were trying to resolve those issues and it resulted in her resignation"
  4. ^ "Freedom Party chair Dolores Cahill asked to resign after controversial Covid claims". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
  5. ^ [2][3][4]
  6. ^ "Abhaile". Irexit Freedom to Prosper. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  7. ^ a b McGee, Harry (2 September 2018). "Political party seeking Irish EU exit to be launched". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
  8. ^ a b Kirk, Niamh (2024), Herkman, Juha; Palonen, Emilia (eds.), "Ireland: Emerging Right-Wing Populism", Populism, Twitter and the European Public Sphere, Cham: Springer Nature Switzerland, pp. 177–207, doi:10.1007/978-3-031-41737-5_7, ISBN 978-3-031-41736-8, retrieved 13 June 2024
  9. ^ "Elections 2024 Analysis: Profile of Anti-Immigration Parties". Edmo Ireland. 4 June 2024. Retrieved 24 November 2024.
  10. ^ a b Feeney, Peter (13 October 2021). "445/2020 - Mr Hermann Kelly and TheJournal.ie". presscouncil.ie. Press Council of Ireland and Office of the Press Ombudsman. Archived from the original on 2 November 2021. The use of the epithet "far-right" [..] seems acceptable given the range of policies promoted by the party and by the causes party members have been associated with
  11. ^ "Ireland's Alt Right: The people building an empire online". The Business Post. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
  12. ^ Cite error: The named reference irishtimes3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  13. ^ "Ireland: Irish far-right party to protest hate speech bill in Dublin on May 13". Ireland: Irish far-right party to protest hate speech bill in Dublin on May 13 | Crisis24. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  14. ^ Tobin, Sharon (8 September 2018). "'Irexit' group seeking to register as political party". RTÉ News. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
  15. ^ South Dublin County Council. "Final Results Palmerstown-Fonthill election". Twitter.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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