Éirígí
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éirígí
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| Chairman | Brian Leeson |
| General Secretary | Breandán Mac Cionnaith |
| Founded | 24 April 2006 |
| Headquarters | Dublin, Republic of Ireland |
| Ideology |
Irish republicanism Socialism Anti-imperialism Euroscepticism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| European affiliation | None |
| International affiliation | None |
| European Parliament group | None |
| Colors | Green, White |
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Éirígí (Irish pronunciation: [ˈeːɾʲiːɟiː] or [ˈaɪɾʲiːɟiː], stylised as éirígí) is a socialist republican political party in Ireland, registered since 2010 to contest local elections only. The party name, "éirígí", means "arise" in the second person plural imperative in Irish, a reference to a famous speech by trade union leader James Larkin.
It gained its first local councillors in 2009, when two former Sinn Féin councillors, Dungannon councillor Barry Monteith and Dublin City Councillor Louise Minihan, joined the organisation. Former Wexford county councillor for Sinn Féin and New Ross town councillor John Dwyer also joined éirígí. It failed to win any seats in the 2014 local elections, leaving it without elected representation.
In early 2014 one of its members, Ursula Shannon, was convicted and sentenced to six years imprisonment after being charged under anti-terrorism legislation for possessing weapons and ammunition.
Éirígí was formed by a small group of former Sinn Féin activists in Dublin on 24 April 2006, shortly before the 90th anniversary of the 1916 Easter Rising, as a political campaigns group. On 12 May 2007, at the party's first Ardfheis (conference), its members voted to become a full-fledged political party, and at its 2009 conference passed a motion to register as a political party in the Republic of Ireland.
The party has become known for the use of nonviolent direct action and regular protests in Belfast,Dublin, and elsewhere. It has launched a mobile app aimed at telling people their rights when they are stopped by the police. Éirígí has organised protests against the visits of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne to Ireland.
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