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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.
The SDLP is a social democratic party that opposes austerity and Brexit. [93] It is also an Irish nationalist party advocating for a shared home place for all the people on the island of Ireland. [94] While the party is officially anti-abortion, it does not apply a party whip on the issue. [95]
Stephenson is originally from Belfast and is the daughter of Jonathan Stephenson, who was the Chair of the Social Democratic and Labour Party between 1995 and 1998. [2] Upon returning to Ireland after working abroad in East Africa doing charity work, she settled with her partner in Coolcullen near Castlecomer in County Kilkenny.
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
The Social Democrats said it was "completely unacceptable" that the government was "missing in action" following the destruction of Storm Éowyn last month. ... "The people of Ireland stand once ...
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
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.
At the 2019 local elections, Farrelly was elected to represent the Clane area on Kildare County Council for the Social Democrats. [9] [10] The following year, he began lecturing in community and youth work at Maynooth University in the Department of Applied Social Studies. [11] He joined the National Youth Council of Ireland as a research ...