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The Social Democrats (Irish: Na Daonlathaithe Sóisialta) [3] are a social democratic [4] political party in Ireland. [4] Led by Holly Cairns since March 2023, the party was launched on 15 July 2015 by three independent TDs: Catherine Murphy, Róisín Shortall, and Stephen Donnelly. It promotes the Nordic model of political economy [5] and pro ...
The Social Democrats were co-founded by Roisin Shortall and Catherine Murphy in July 2015 – along with then-independent TD Stephen Donnelly, who later joined Fianna Fail and became health minister.
The Social Democrats are the sixth-largest political party in the Dáil (Irish parliament). The party co-leader appoints a team of TDs (members of parliament) and Senators to speak for the party on different issues.
The African American Irish Diaspora Network is an organization founded in 2020 that is dedicated to Black Irish Americans and their history and culture. Black Irish American activists and scholars have pushed to increase awareness of Black Irish history and advocate for greater inclusion of Black people within the Irish-American community. [232]
The main issues that have concerned the Irish American lobby historically have been support for Irish independence, support for the reunification of Ireland, support for Catholic parochial schools, and winning increased quotas for immigration from Ireland. In areas with large Irish populations, the Irish lobby has worked through the Democratic ...
Gibney ran for a seat on Dún Laoghaire–Rathdown County Council in the Blackrock area in the 2019 Irish local elections on behalf of the Social Democrats, but was not successful. In 2024, she stood for the party in Dublin in the 2024 European Parliament election in Ireland, placing 9th. Following the European elections, Gibney publicly ...
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Constituency Candidate % Votes Notes [2]; Cork East: Ken Curtin: 2.6 Dublin Bay North: Cian O’Callaghan: 5.2 Fingal County Councillor Dublin Bay South: Glenna Lynch