Irish Freedom Party information

Irish Freedom Party
Irish Freedom Party
President	Hermann Kelly
Chairperson	Michael Leahy
Founded	8 September 2018
Ideology	Direct democracy; Hard Euroscepticism; Right-wing populism; Irish nationalism
Political position	Far-right
Colours	Dark green; White
Local government	1 / 949
Website
	irishfreedom.ie
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The Irish Freedom Party sometimes referred to as IFP and initially known as the Irexit Freedom To Prosper Party,^[10] is a minor far-right,^[11] hard Eurosceptic^[6] political party in Ireland, launched on 8 September 2018.^[8]^[12] 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.^[13]

^ ^a ^b "About Us". Irexit Freedom to Prosper. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ "UCD academic Dolores Cahill resigns as chair of Irish Freedom Party". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
^ "'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"
^ "Freedom Party chair Dolores Cahill asked to resign after controversial Covid claims". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.
^ "Abhaile". Irexit Freedom to Prosper. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ ^a ^b McGee, Harry (2 September 2018). "Political party seeking Irish EU exit to be launched". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 January 2020.
^ ^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
^ ^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
^ "Ireland's Alt Right: The people building an empire online". The Business Post. Retrieved 20 September 2019.
^ Cite error: The named reference irishtimes3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ "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.
^ Tobin, Sharon (8 September 2018). "'Irexit' group seeking to register as political party". RTÉ News. Retrieved 29 March 2019.
^ South Dublin County Council. "Final Results Palmerstown-Fonthill election". Twitter.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

[irexit1-1] "About Us". Irexit Freedom to Prosper. Archived from the original on 29 March 2019. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[CahillResigns-2] "UCD academic Dolores Cahill resigns as chair of Irish Freedom Party". irishtimes.com. Irish Times. 22 March 2021. Retrieved 25 March 2021.

[leahy2021-3] "'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"

[letter2021-4] "Freedom Party chair Dolores Cahill asked to resign after controversial Covid claims". independent.ie. Independent News & Media. 6 June 2021. Retrieved 9 July 2021.

[irexit2-5] "Abhaile". Irexit Freedom to Prosper. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[McGee-6] McGee, Harry (2 September 2018). "Political party seeking Irish EU exit to be launched". The Irish Times. Retrieved 22 January 2020.

[emerge-7] 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

[presscouncil-8] 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

[businesspost-9] "Ireland's Alt Right: The people building an empire online". The Business Post. Retrieved 20 September 2019.

[irishtimes3-10] Cite error: The named reference irishtimes3 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[11] "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.

[rte1-12] Tobin, Sharon (8 September 2018). "'Irexit' group seeking to register as political party". RTÉ News. Retrieved 29 March 2019.

[13] South Dublin County Council. "Final Results Palmerstown-Fonthill election". Twitter.com. Retrieved 10 June 2024.

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President	Hermann Kelly^[1]
Chairperson	Michael Leahy^[2]^[3]^[4]
Founded	8 September 2018
Ideology	Direct democracy^[5] Hard Euroscepticism^[6] Right-wing populism^[7] Irish nationalism^[7]
Political position	Far-right^[8]^[9]
Colours	Dark green White
Local government	1 / 949
Website
irishfreedom.ie
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