Saoradh
| Saoradh | |
|---|---|
| Party leader | Brian Kenna |
| founding | 2016 |
| Headquarters | 4 Chamberlain Street, Derry |
| Alignment |
Irish Republicanism Irish Nationalism |
| Colours) | green |
| Website | saoradh.ie |
Saoradh ([ s ɰ iːɾə ] or [ s ɰ iːɾu ] Irish : "Liberation" ) is an Irish party from the left of the spectrum .
founding
Saoradh was in 2016 by Republican founded dissidents any involvement of Irish-nationalist parties like Sinn Fein on the shared exercise of power in Northern Ireland ( power sharing reject). They received support from those around the breakaway New IRA , including inmates in high-security prisons. The members of the group have always rejected the Good Friday Agreement and thus did not benefit from the exemptions from that agreement.
aims
The party's stated goal is to end the division of Ireland. After years of disputes left the Northern Irish Parliament practically incapacitated, Saoradh considers it impossible to achieve this goal peacefully within the political structures of the United Kingdom . However, the idea of Irish reunification received a new impetus from Brexit . The British exit from the European Union and a newly fortified border through Ireland (as would a hard Brexit with it) are seen as a strategic opportunity for a decisive weakening of British influence in Northern Ireland.
criticism
In her rejection of the established political parties, Saoradh appears emphatically paramilitary . The participation of uniformed members of the party in a march held in Dublin to mark the Easter Rising in 2019 was strongly condemned by Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar and Irish Justice Minister Charlie Flanagan . After the New IRA admitted to being responsible for the killing of journalist Lyra McKee , protests broke out in front of the party's office building in Derry in April 2019 .