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The '''National Party''' ('''NP''') ({{lang-ga|An Páirtí Náisiúnta}}) is a right wing<ref name="heavey">{{cite news|newspaper=Leitrim Observer|url=http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/224008/new-right-wing-political-party-to-launch-tomorrow.html|title=New right wing political party to launch tomorrow|first=Fiona|last=Heavey|date=16 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> to far-right<ref name="larkin">{{cite news|last1=Larkin|first1=Laura|title=Far-right party's launch is cancelled|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/farright-partys-launch-is-cancelled-35222497.html|accessdate=24 December 2016|work=Irish Independent|date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McEnroe|first1=Juno|title=Far-right party’s ‘opportunistic’ launch in Merrion Hotel called off|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/far-right-partys-opportunistic-launch-in-merrion-hotel-called-off-430917.html|accessdate=24 December 2016|work=Irish Examiner|date=17 November 2016}}</ref> [[Nationalism|nationalist]]<ref name=":4" /> [[Political parties in Ireland|political party in Ireland]]. It was founded in November 2016. {{As of|2018|03}} the party is unregistered.
The '''National Party''' ('''NP''') ({{lang-ga|An Páirtí Náisiúnta}}) is a right wing<ref name="heavey">{{cite news|newspaper=Leitrim Observer|url=http://www.leitrimobserver.ie/news/home/224008/new-right-wing-political-party-to-launch-tomorrow.html|title=New right wing political party to launch tomorrow|first=Fiona|last=Heavey|date=16 November 2016}}</ref><ref name=":3" /> to far-right<ref name="larkin">{{cite news|last1=Larkin|first1=Laura|title=Far-right party's launch is cancelled|url=http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/farright-partys-launch-is-cancelled-35222497.html|accessdate=24 December 2016|work=Irish Independent|date=17 November 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last1=McEnroe|first1=Juno|title=Far-right party’s ‘opportunistic’ launch in Merrion Hotel called off|url=http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/far-right-partys-opportunistic-launch-in-merrion-hotel-called-off-430917.html|accessdate=24 December 2016|work=Irish Examiner|date=17 November 2016}}</ref> [[Neo-nationalism|neo-nationalist]],
<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thejournal.ie/the-national-party-merrion-hotel-3084352-Nov2016/|title=Dublin hotel cancels launch of new extreme right-wing party which had been planned for tomorrow|publisher=TheJournal.ie|date=16 November 2016|accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref><ref name=":2">{{cite news|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/ireland-s-national-party-in-favour-of-racial-profiling-says-leader-1.2873485|title=Ireland’s National Party in favour of racial profiling, says leader. Justin Barrett says there needs to be complete ban on Muslims coming into the country|last=Clarke|first=Vivienne|publisher=The Irish Times|date=18 November 2016|accessdate=7 February 2018}}</ref> [[Irish republicanism|Irish republican]]<ref name=":1">{{Cite news|url=http://www.nationalparty.ie/principles/|title=National Party Principles - The National Party|work=The National Party|access-date=2017-12-22|language=en-GB}}</ref> political party founded in November 2016. {{As of|2018|03}} the party is unregistered.


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This article is about the political party founded in 2016. For similarly named historical parties in the 19th and 20th century, see Nationalist Party (Ireland).

National Party
An Páirtí Náisiúnta
LeaderJustin Barrett
Deputy LeaderJames Reynolds
FoundersJustin Barrett
James Reynolds
Founded16 November 2016 (2016-11-16)
Membership~1000[1]
Ideology
Political positionRight-wing to Far-right[2]
Colours  Dark Green
  Black
SloganAr dheis ar aghaidh
Dáil Éireann
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Seanad Éireann
0 / 60
European Parliament
0 / 11
Local government
0 / 949
Website
nationalparty.ie[3]

The National Party (NP) (Irish: An Páirtí Náisiúnta) is a right wing[2][4] to far-right[5][6] neo-nationalist, [7][8] Irish republican[9] political party founded in November 2016. As of March 2018 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.[10] The party's press release claimed they seek to espouse the "true spirit of the Republic."[11]

Barrett, from Tipperary, has a background in pro-life and anti-immigration politics, formerly being a leading figure in Youth Defence and campaigning against the Treaty of Nice. Barrett attracted controversy due to his participation in events in both Germany and Italy organised by controversial far right parties, the National Democratic Party and Forza Nuova, respectively, in the 1990s.[12] Barrett has denied sharing their far right views and claimed he attended these events in his capacity as a pro-life campaigner.[13][14][15][16] In 2016, in an interview where he overstated net migration to Ireland by a factor of three, he called his attendance at these meetings "a mistake".[17]

Reynolds, from Longford,[2] was the County Longford affiliate for Youth Defence in the early 1990s.[18][19] He was associated with the Libertas Ireland political party in 2009,[20][21] and campaigned for a no vote in the Fiscal Compact referendum in 2012 as chairman of the small Farmers for No group.[22][23] Reynolds was previously the Longford county chairman of the Irish Farmers Association, and national treasurer of the Irish Cattle and Sheep Farmers Association. He was suspended from the IFA in 2012 for bringing the county executive into disrepute. In March 2017 he secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing his dismissal as national treasurer of the ICSA,[24] but the High Court upheld his dismissal from the role in June 2017.[25]

In April 2017, Monaghan Councillor Seamus Treanor and Garda whistleblower John Wilson addressed a public National Party meeting,[26] followed by events in Belfast,[27] Cork[28] and Galway.[29]

The party held its first Ard Fheis in November 2017, at Donald Trump's Doonbeg hotel in County Clare. Approximately fifty delegates attended. Justin Barrett criticised Fine Gael in his speech for not calling its annual conference an ard fheis. John Wilson, a guest speaker, challenged "homophobic" comments made by deputy leader James Reynolds. Barrett defended Reynolds' comments and answered in the affirmative when asked by Wilson whether the National Party was "only for straight Irish people". Wilson then walked out of the ard fheis in protest at the comments.[30].

The party had several members in attendance at the Rally for Life held in Dublin in March 2018, though the party itself did not have an official presence.

Ideology and policies

Descriptions of the National Party in the press have ranged from it being right wing[4] to far-right.[31]

The party has a set of "Nine Principles", which espouse a nationalist, anti-abortion, Eurosceptic and anti-immigration platform.[32]

National Party leader Justin Barrett at the party's 2017 Ard Fheis in County Clare.

Barrett has called for a temporary ban on Muslims entering Ireland and for greater vetting efforts to be made,[33] stating that "all of them are potentially dangerous",[34] though he later clarified that he does not believe Ireland needs a complete ban on Muslims entering the country.[35]

The party 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. They have described the EU as "dictatorial"[8]

The party supports a united Ireland and opposes the 1999 Good Friday Agreement, 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 Good Friday Agreement was entered into following island-wide plebiscites. 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."[9]

The party opposes 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 Supreme Court's judgement in the X Case,[36] and advocates the reintroduction of a death penalty for "particularly heinous crimes".[37]

The party opposes what it calls "gay marriage", but "not gay people".[38] In 2016 Barrett declared marriage equality a "sham" and "not natural."[39]

In March 2018, Barrett was quoted as believing that if an abortion referendum was passed, it would lead to euthanasia for the elderly. “It doesn’t just begin with abortion and stop there. It ends in euthanasia, because they already have a plan. You see discussions in the newspapers sometimes, ‘What are we going to do about the pensions crisis?’” Mr Barrett said.[40] It was unclear as to whether he was being facetious. At the same event, he called for the upcoming referendum campaign to be "as divisive as possible".

See also

References

  1. ^ https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/national-party-walkout-over-varadkar-gay-slur-gtkbbwkxb
  2. ^ a b c Heavey, Fiona (16 November 2016). "New right wing political party to launch tomorrow". Leitrim Observer.
  3. ^ "National Party Principles". nationalparty.ie. National Party. Retrieved 22 March 2017.
  4. ^ a b Fahrenthold, David A. (2 January 2018). "Trump's Irish golf course lost $2.3 million in 2016". Washington Post. Retrieved 26 February 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  5. ^ Larkin, Laura (17 November 2016). "Far-right party's launch is cancelled". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  6. ^ McEnroe, Juno (17 November 2016). "Far-right party's 'opportunistic' launch in Merrion Hotel called off". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  7. ^ "Dublin hotel cancels launch of new extreme right-wing party which had been planned for tomorrow". TheJournal.ie. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  8. ^ a b Clarke, Vivienne (18 November 2016). "Ireland's National Party in favour of racial profiling, says leader. Justin Barrett says there needs to be complete ban on Muslims coming into the country". The Irish Times. Retrieved 7 February 2018. Cite error: The named reference ":2" was defined multiple times with different content (see the help page).
  9. ^ a b "National Party Principles - The National Party". The National Party. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  10. ^ 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.
  11. ^ "Dublin hotel cancels launch of new extreme right-wing party which had been planned for tomorrow". TheJournal.ie. 16 November 2016. Retrieved 7 February 2018.
  12. ^ McCarthy, Justine (26 November 2017). "National Party walkout over Varadkar gay slur". The Sunday Times. ISSN 0956-1382. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  13. ^ O’Driscoll, Sean (18 November 2016). "Far-right party may sue hotel over snub". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  14. ^ 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.
  15. ^ 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.
  16. ^ 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)
  17. ^ "Justin Barrett on his return to right-wing politics". Today FM. Retrieved 22 December 2017.
  18. ^ "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
  19. ^ 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
  20. ^ "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.
  21. ^ "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.
  22. ^ "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
  23. ^ "IFA outlines stance on Lisbon". RTÉ. 16 September 2009.
  24. ^ Cherfi, Saurya (18 April 2017). "Farmer granted High Court injunction preventing removal from role in farm group". Irish Independent.
  25. ^ O Faoilean, Aodhan (27 June 2017). "Longford farmer and National Party's James Reynolds loses High Court bid aimed at preventing his removal from ICSA". Longford Leader. Retrieved 12 March 2018.
  26. ^ "Dundalk Event, April 2017". National Party (Ireland). Retrieved 31 May 2017.
  27. ^ https://www.nationalparty.ie/en/2017/08/07/belfast-event-august-2017/
  28. ^ https://www.nationalparty.ie/en/2017/10/12/cork-event-september-2017/
  29. ^ https://www.nationalparty.ie/en/2017/10/15/galway-event-october-2017/
  30. ^ McCarthy, Justine (26 November 2017). "National Party walkout over Varadkar gay slur". The Times. Garda whistleblower John Wilson walked out of the far-right National Party's ard fheis in protest after Justin Barrett, its president, said the party was "only for straight Irish people" and derided the "gayness" of taoiseach Leo Varadkar. Wilson, who was a guest speaker, complained about the "homophobic" comments to the management of Donald Trump's Doonbeg hotel, where the conference was held last weekend
  31. ^ Larkin, Laura (17 November 2016). "Far-right party's launch is cancelled". Irish Independent. Retrieved 24 December 2016.
  32. ^ Leahy, Pat (17 November 2016). "National Party leader espouses creation of 'Catholic republic'". Irish Times. Retrieved 9 March 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  33. ^ Dineen, Kieran (17 November 2016). "New National Party leader Justin Barrett wants ban on Muslims entering Ireland". The Irish Sun. Retrieved 26 February 2018. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  34. ^ Quann, Jack (18 November 2016). "Irish National Party calls for temporary ban on Muslims entering Ireland". newstalk.com. Newstalk LTD. Retrieved 28 November 2016.
  35. ^ Tamkin, Emily (18 November 2016). "Oh, So Now You Want to Go to Ireland?". Foreign Policy. Retrieved 2 March 2018.
  36. ^ "Press Statement by the National Party on the "Citizens' Assembly" Outcome". 29 April 2017. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  37. ^ "Principles". National Party. Retrieved 23 May 2017.
  38. ^ Clarke, Vivienne (18 November 2016). "Ireland's National Party in favour of racial profiling, says leader". Irish Times. {{cite news}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  39. ^ https://www.thesun.ie/archives/irish-news/243704/new-national-party-leader-justin-barrett-wants-ban-on-muslims-entering-ireland/
  40. ^ Coyne, Ellen (21 March 2018). "You're next if abortion law repealed, far-right tells elderly". The Times. ISSN 0140-0460. Retrieved 26 March 2018.

External links

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