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The party was founded in 2016 by [[Justin Barrett]] as party president and James Reynolds as party vice president. The National Party had planned to hold its press launch in the [[Merrion Hotel]] in Dublin but the event was cancelled by the hotel, which refused to say why.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/merrion-hotel-cancels-launch-of-anti-immigration-political-party-1.2870264|title=Merrion Hotel cancels launch of anti-immigration political party|last=D'Arcy|first=Ciarán|date=16 November 2016|website=The Irish Times|publisher=The Irish Times|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>
The party was founded in 2016 by [[Justin Barrett]] as party president and James Reynolds as party vice president. The National Party had planned to hold its press launch in the [[Merrion Hotel]] in Dublin but the event was cancelled by the hotel, which refused to say why.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/merrion-hotel-cancels-launch-of-anti-immigration-political-party-1.2870264|title=Merrion Hotel cancels launch of anti-immigration political party|last=D'Arcy|first=Ciarán|date=16 November 2016|website=The Irish Times|publisher=The Irish Times|accessdate=28 November 2016}}</ref>


Barrett, from Tipperary, has a background in [[pro-life]] and [[anti-immigration]] politics from leading [[Youth Defence]] and campaigning against the [[Treaty of Nice#The Irish referenda|Treaty of Nice]]. He had attended various [[Neo-Nazism|neo-nazi]] and [[far right]] meetings in [[Germany]] and [[Italy]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/barrett-admits-he-attended-far-right-meeting-1.1098970|date=12 October 2002|page=9|first=Joe|last=Humphreys|title=Barrett admits he attended far-right meeting|quote=Mr Barrett, who earlier this week declined to confirm or deny to The Irish Times his attendance at the meeting in the Bavarian city of Passau in May 2000, yesterday admitted he attended the conference, as well as an estimated two other events linked to the NPD.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/extreme-right-group-confirms-barrett-link-1.1098654|title=Extreme-right group confirms Barrett link|date=11 October 2002|page=1|quote="Justin Barrett was an honorary guest at our event in Passau. I invited him. He sat with the delegates," said Mr Holger Apfel, the deputy leader of the NPD. "We have been in contact with his group since 1996. We are friendly with his Youth Defence organisation."|first=Derek|last=Scully}}</ref><ref name="sundaymirror">{{cite news|newspaper=Sunday Mirror |date=29 September 2002 |title=Fascist Link of 'No to Nice' Chief |first=Francis |last=O'Donnell |url=http://www.indymedia.ie/article/13470 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20161119185154/http://www.indymedia.ie/article/13470 |archivedate=19 November 2016 |accessdate=19 November 2016 |df= }}</ref>
Barrett, from Tipperary, has a background in [[pro-life]] and [[anti-immigration]] politics from leading [[Youth Defence]] and campaigning against the [[Treaty of Nice#The Irish referenda|Treaty of Nice]].<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/barrett-admits-he-attended-far-right-meeting-1.1098970|date=12 October 2002|page=9|first=Joe|last=Humphreys|title=Barrett admits he attended far-right meeting|quote=Mr Barrett, who earlier this week declined to confirm or deny to The Irish Times his attendance at the meeting in the Bavarian city of Passau in May 2000, yesterday admitted he attended the conference, as well as an estimated two other events linked to the NPD.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=The Irish Times|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/extreme-right-group-confirms-barrett-link-1.1098654|title=Extreme-right group confirms Barrett link|date=11 October 2002|page=1|quote="Justin Barrett was an honorary guest at our event in Passau. I invited him. He sat with the delegates," said Mr Holger Apfel, the deputy leader of the NPD. "We have been in contact with his group since 1996. We are friendly with his Youth Defence organisation."|first=Derek|last=Scully}}</ref><ref name="sundaymirror">{{cite news|newspaper=Sunday Mirror |date=29 September 2002 |title=Fascist Link of 'No to Nice' Chief |first=Francis |last=O'Donnell |url=http://www.indymedia.ie/article/13470 |deadurl=no |archiveurl=https://archive.is/20161119185154/http://www.indymedia.ie/article/13470 |archivedate=19 November 2016 |accessdate=19 November 2016 |df= }}</ref>


Reynolds, from Longford,<ref name="heavey"/> had previously been the [[County Longford|Longford]] county chairman of the [[Irish Farmers Association]], and is the current national treasurer of the [[Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association]]. Reynolds was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for bringing the county executive into disrepute, and had been associated with the [[Libertas Ireland]] political party in 2009.,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Irish Farmers Journal]]|url=http://www.farmersjournal.ie/icsa-uneasy-with-its-treasurers-new-venture-237006|title= ICSA uneasy with its treasurer's new venture|date=17 November 2016|quote=Reynolds was formerly IFA county chair in Longford. He was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for a year... an emergency meeting of the ICSA’s executive board is scheduled for this Friday to deal with the issue.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Irish Farmers Journal|url=http://www.farmersjournal.ie/controversial-ifa-man-takes-icsa-position-154263|title= Controversial IFA man takes ICSA position|date=6 February 2014|quote=Reynolds, who received the suspension from Longford IFA for bringing the county executive ‘into disrepute’, also has strong connections to the Libertas political party.}}</ref> {{As of|2017|03|18|lc=y}} he has secured a temporary [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] injunction preventing his dismissal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/farmer-granted-high-court-injunction-preventing-removal-from-role-in-farm-group-35633680.html|first=Saurya|last=Cherfi|date=18 April 2017|newspaper=Irish Independent|title=Farmer granted High Court injunction preventing removal from role in farm group}}</ref> He campaigned for a no vote in the [[Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|Fiscal Compact referendum]] in 2012 as chairman of the small ''Farmers for No'' group.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Longford Leader]]|url=http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/business/104622/Local-farmer-elected-to-the-helm.html|title=Local farmer elected to the helm of ICSA|date=13 February 2014|quote= In 2012 Mr Reynolds was handed a one-year suspension by the IFA for bringing the Co Executive into ‘disrepute’. He has strong connections to Libertas and it was he who spearheaded the ‘Farmers For No campaign’ in opposition to the EU Fiscal Compact Treaty of 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0820/120891-eulisbon/|title=IFA outlines stance on Lisbon|date=16 September 2009|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> He was the County Longford affiliate for Youth Defence in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/politics/frontlines/I-Was-A-Member-Of-Youth-Defence/10023271.html|title=I Was A Member Of Youth Defence|date=18 November 1992|magazine=[[Hot Press]]|volume=16|number=22|quote=The proposed chairperson of the local YD affiliate, Mr James Reynolds}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Longford Leader|date=16 October 1992|title=Low-key abortion campaign so far|page=3|first=Geraldine|last=Grennan|quote=locl "Youth Defence" activists, Hames Reynolds, from Loughill, Coolarty was not involved in Friday's demonstration}}</ref>
Reynolds, from Longford,<ref name="heavey"/> had previously been the [[County Longford|Longford]] county chairman of the [[Irish Farmers Association]], and is the current national treasurer of the [[Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association]]. Reynolds was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for bringing the county executive into disrepute, and had been associated with the [[Libertas Ireland]] political party in 2009.,<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Irish Farmers Journal]]|url=http://www.farmersjournal.ie/icsa-uneasy-with-its-treasurers-new-venture-237006|title= ICSA uneasy with its treasurer's new venture|date=17 November 2016|quote=Reynolds was formerly IFA county chair in Longford. He was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for a year... an emergency meeting of the ICSA’s executive board is scheduled for this Friday to deal with the issue.}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Irish Farmers Journal|url=http://www.farmersjournal.ie/controversial-ifa-man-takes-icsa-position-154263|title= Controversial IFA man takes ICSA position|date=6 February 2014|quote=Reynolds, who received the suspension from Longford IFA for bringing the county executive ‘into disrepute’, also has strong connections to the Libertas political party.}}</ref> {{As of|2017|03|18|lc=y}} he has secured a temporary [[High Court (Ireland)|High Court]] injunction preventing his dismissal.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/farmer-granted-high-court-injunction-preventing-removal-from-role-in-farm-group-35633680.html|first=Saurya|last=Cherfi|date=18 April 2017|newspaper=Irish Independent|title=Farmer granted High Court injunction preventing removal from role in farm group}}</ref> He campaigned for a no vote in the [[Thirtieth Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland|Fiscal Compact referendum]] in 2012 as chairman of the small ''Farmers for No'' group.<ref>{{cite news|newspaper=[[Longford Leader]]|url=http://www.longfordleader.ie/news/business/104622/Local-farmer-elected-to-the-helm.html|title=Local farmer elected to the helm of ICSA|date=13 February 2014|quote= In 2012 Mr Reynolds was handed a one-year suspension by the IFA for bringing the Co Executive into ‘disrepute’. He has strong connections to Libertas and it was he who spearheaded the ‘Farmers For No campaign’ in opposition to the EU Fiscal Compact Treaty of 2012}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.rte.ie/news/2009/0820/120891-eulisbon/|title=IFA outlines stance on Lisbon|date=16 September 2009|publisher=RTÉ}}</ref> He was the County Longford affiliate for Youth Defence in the early 1990s.<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://www.hotpress.com/politics/frontlines/I-Was-A-Member-Of-Youth-Defence/10023271.html|title=I Was A Member Of Youth Defence|date=18 November 1992|magazine=[[Hot Press]]|volume=16|number=22|quote=The proposed chairperson of the local YD affiliate, Mr James Reynolds}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|newspaper=Longford Leader|date=16 October 1992|title=Low-key abortion campaign so far|page=3|first=Geraldine|last=Grennan|quote=locl "Youth Defence" activists, Hames Reynolds, from Loughill, Coolarty was not involved in Friday's demonstration}}</ref>

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National Party
An Páirtí Náisiúnta
LeaderJustin Barrett
Deputy LeaderJames Reynolds
Founded16 November 2016 (2016-11-16)
Ideology
Political positionFar Right
Colours  Dark Green
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Dáil Éireann
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Seanad Éireann
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European Parliament
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Website
NationalParty.ie[1]

The National Party or NP (Irish: An Páirtí Náisiúnta) is a far-right[2][3][4][5] nationalist political party in Ireland. As of May 2017 the party is unregistered.

History

The party was founded in 2016 by Justin Barrett as party president and James Reynolds as party vice president. The National Party had planned to hold its press launch in the Merrion Hotel in Dublin but the event was cancelled by the hotel, which refused to say why.[6]

Barrett, from Tipperary, has a background in pro-life and anti-immigration politics from leading Youth Defence and campaigning against the Treaty of Nice.[7][8][9]

Reynolds, from Longford,[3] had previously been the Longford county chairman of the Irish Farmers Association, and is the current national treasurer of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association. Reynolds was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for bringing the county executive into disrepute, and had been associated with the Libertas Ireland political party in 2009.,[10][11] as of 18 March 2017 he has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing his dismissal.[12] He campaigned for a no vote in the Fiscal Compact referendum in 2012 as chairman of the small Farmers for No group.[13][14] He was the County Longford affiliate for Youth Defence in the early 1990s.[15][16]

In April 2017, Monaghan Councillor Seamus Treanor and Garda whistleblower John Wilson addressed a public National Party meeting.[17]

Policies

Leader Justin Barrett has said that the National Party will only field candidates if it believes they have a realistic chance of winning.

The party's principles include opposing the legalisation of abortion and "endeavour[ing] to restore those freedoms which have already, unjustly, been given away" to the European Union.[18] The party has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering Ireland stating that "all of them are potentially dangerous".[19] It supports a renegotiation of Ireland's relationship with the EU, including a withdrawal from the Eurozone, but does not support exiting the European Union itself.

The party supports a united Ireland, making an irredentist claim on Northern Ireland, a part of the UK that had been claimed by the Republic of Ireland as part of its national territory from the 1921 partition up until the 1999 Good Friday Agreement. The first of its nine 'principles' states: "The National Party believes that the territory of Ireland consists of the whole island of Ireland, its islands and the territorial seas."

The National Party is against allowing any law permitting abortion in Ireland, supports repeal of the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act 2013, retention of the Eighth Amendment and a referendum to reverse the X Case,[20] and advocates for re-institution of a death penalty for "particularly heinous crimes".[21]

See also

References

  1. ^ "National Party Principles". nationalparty.ie. National Party. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  2. ^ Delaney, Niall. "I'm not a Nazi – Justin Barrett on his new National Party | Ocean FM". Retrieved 15 March 2017.
  3. ^ a b Heavey, Fiona (16 November 2016). "New right wing political party to launch tomorrow". Leitrim Observer.
  4. ^ Larkin, Laura (17 November 2016). "Far-right party's launch is cancelled". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  5. ^ McEnroe, Juno (17 November 2016). "Far-right party's 'opportunistic' launch in Merrion Hotel called off". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  6. ^ D'Arcy, Ciarán (16 November 2016). "Merrion Hotel cancels launch of anti-immigration political party". The Irish Times. The Irish Times. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  7. ^ Humphreys, Joe (12 October 2002). "Barrett admits he attended far-right meeting". The Irish Times. p. 9. Mr Barrett, who earlier this week declined to confirm or deny to The Irish Times his attendance at the meeting in the Bavarian city of Passau in May 2000, yesterday admitted he attended the conference, as well as an estimated two other events linked to the NPD.
  8. ^ Scully, Derek (11 October 2002). "Extreme-right group confirms Barrett link". The Irish Times. p. 1. Justin Barrett was an honorary guest at our event in Passau. I invited him. He sat with the delegates," said Mr Holger Apfel, the deputy leader of the NPD. "We have been in contact with his group since 1996. We are friendly with his Youth Defence organisation.
  9. ^ O'Donnell, Francis (29 September 2002). "Fascist Link of 'No to Nice' Chief". Sunday Mirror. Archived from the original on 19 November 2016. Retrieved 19 November 2016. {{cite news}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  10. ^ "ICSA uneasy with its treasurer's new venture". Irish Farmers Journal. 17 November 2016. Reynolds was formerly IFA county chair in Longford. He was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for a year... an emergency meeting of the ICSA's executive board is scheduled for this Friday to deal with the issue.
  11. ^ "Controversial IFA man takes ICSA position". Irish Farmers Journal. 6 February 2014. Reynolds, who received the suspension from Longford IFA for bringing the county executive 'into disrepute', also has strong connections to the Libertas political party.
  12. ^ Cherfi, Saurya (18 April 2017). "Farmer granted High Court injunction preventing removal from role in farm group". Irish Independent.
  13. ^ "Local farmer elected to the helm of ICSA". Longford Leader. 13 February 2014. In 2012 Mr Reynolds was handed a one-year suspension by the IFA for bringing the Co Executive into 'disrepute'. He has strong connections to Libertas and it was he who spearheaded the 'Farmers For No campaign' in opposition to the EU Fiscal Compact Treaty of 2012
  14. ^ "IFA outlines stance on Lisbon". RTÉ. 16 September 2009.
  15. ^ "I Was A Member Of Youth Defence". Hot Press. Vol. 16, no. 22. 18 November 1992. The proposed chairperson of the local YD affiliate, Mr James Reynolds
  16. ^ Grennan, Geraldine (16 October 1992). "Low-key abortion campaign so far". Longford Leader. p. 3. locl "Youth Defence" activists, Hames Reynolds, from Loughill, Coolarty was not involved in Friday's demonstration
  17. ^ "Dundalk Event, April 2017". National Party (Ireland). Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  18. ^ "About Us". nationalparty.ie. National Party. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  19. ^ Quann, Jack (18 November 2016). "Irish National Party calls for temporary ban on Muslims entering Ireland". newstalk.com. Newstalk LTD. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  20. ^ "Press Statement by the National Party on the "Citizens' Assembly" Outcome". 29 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  21. ^ "Principles". National Party. Retrieved 23 May 2017.


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