Solidarity (Ireland)
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Solidarity, also styled Solidarity – the Socialist Alternative after its slogan, is a Trotskyist political party in Ireland, active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. The party in i
In 1997, Joe Higgins secured the party's first seat in the Dáil
Socialist Party TDs Clare Daly (left) and Joe Higgins (centre) during the Boycott the Household Tax campaign in January 2012; both were jailed for their part in the Anti-Bin Tax Campaign.
2011 Irish general election
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The 2011 Irish general election took place on 25 February 2011 to elect the 166 members of Dáil Éireann, the lower house of Ireland's parliament, the Oireachtas. Held amid a sharp economic downturn an
Solidarity (Ireland)
…each on Balbriggan Town Council and Drogheda Borough Council, though it lost its only seat on South Dublin County Council, held by Mick Murphy. At the 2011 general election the party returned two TDs: Clare Daly in Dublin North and Joe Higgins, regaining his seat, in Dublin West. Both stood as part of the United Left…
Enda Kenny EPP 2014
Eamon Gilmore TD 2014
Micheal Martin, 2010
Gerry Adams