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Fianna Fáil is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe, [23] and of Liberal International. [24] From 2019 to 2022, Fianna Fáil was in partnership with the Social Democratic and Labour Party in Northern Ireland. [25] [26]
Fianna Fáil was founded on 23 March 1926 when a group of Dáil deputies led by Éamon de Valera [1] split from the original Sinn Féin. This happened because de Valera's motion calling for elected members be allowed to take their seats in the Dáil, if and when the controversial Oath of Allegiance was removed, failed to pass at the Sinn Féin Ard Fheis. [2]
The two historically largest parties, Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, arose from a split in the original Sinn Féin. Fine Gael is the successor of Cumann na nGaedheal, the faction that supported the 1921 Anglo-Irish Treaty, while Fianna Fáil arose from members of the anti-Treaty faction who opposed Sinn Féin's abstensionism.
Tony McCormack is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Offaly constituency since the 2024 general election. [1] [2] He was a member of Offaly County Council for the Tullamore local electoral area from 2017 to 2024. Formerly President of the Tullamore Chamber of Commerce, McCormack had been a member of ...
Cumann na nGaedheal, which had been the governing party since 1922, was succeeded by Fianna Fáil, which became the largest party in the chamber and formed a government led by Éamon de Valera, with the support of the Labour Party. Fianna Fáil would be the largest party in Dáil Éireann at every general election thereafter until 2011.
The 33rd Dáil first met on 20 February 2020. Then Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin, Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald and Green Party leader Eamon Ryan were each proposed for nomination as Taoiseach.
Ken O'Flynn remained with Fianna Fáil for 16 years until his resignation in January 2020. [6] O'Flynn quit Fianna Fail after the party did not select him to run in the Cork North-Central constituency at the 2020 Irish general election. [7] O'Flynn instead ran as an independent candidate and missed out on a seat, losing in the last count to ...
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