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This could be the Labour Party or the Social Democrats – both securing 11 seats – or the right-leaning Independent Ireland, which won four. The two parties joined in a coalition for the first ...
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 ...
Aidan Farrelly (born 1986/1987) [1] is an Irish Social Democrats politician who has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for the Kildare North constituency since the 2024 general election. [2] He retained the seat for the Social Democrats, previously held by the party's retiring founder Catherine Murphy .
It also included the 2024 Limerick mayoral election, for the first directly elected mayor in Ireland. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] Each local government area (a city, a county, or a city and county) is divided into local electoral areas (LEAs) where three to seven councillors are elected on the system of proportional representation by means of the single ...
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
Independent Ireland: 28 23 Social Democrats: 26 25 The Irish People: 21 [b] 21 Irish Freedom Party: 16 16 National Party: 9 [b] 9 Liberty Republic: 6 6 Centre Party: 3 3 Independents 4 Change: 3 3 Party for Animal Welfare: 3 3 Rabharta: 3 3 Ireland First: 2 [b] 2 Right to Change: 1 1 100% Redress: 1 1 Independent: 171 [c] 43
The Social Democrats have been in opposition since their foundation in 2015 and accordingly, their front bench areas of responsibility broadly correspond to those of Government ministers. The current front bench was announced on 21 July 2020, [ 1 ] consisting of TDs.
Holly Cairns (born 4 November 1989), also known as Holly McKeever Cairns, [2] [3] [4] is an Irish politician who has been leader of the Social Democrats party since March 2023. . She has been a Teachta Dála (TD) for Cork South-West since the 2020 general electi