Fís Nua
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| Founded | June 2010 |
| Ideology | Green Politics |
| Political position | Left-wing |
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Fís Nua [fʲiʃ n̪ˠuə] is a minor political party in Ireland.
The party was formed in June 2010, mainly by former members of the Green Party who were unhappy with that party's participation in the then coalition government with Fianna Fáil. Fís Nua intended to campaign on the issues of political transparency, environmental issues and social justice, and hoped to draw support from existing supporters of both the Greens and the Labour Party.
The party was registered on 4 February 2011, and on the following day it was announced that they would run six candidates in the 2011 general election.
"Fís Nua" means "New Vision" in Irish. (There is a separate organisation called New Vision, which also ran candidates in the 2011 general election.)
The party previously had one town councillor in Wicklow, Pat Kavanagh, who was elected as a member of the Green Party, but quit that party and ran in the 2011 election as a Fís Nua candidate. She then became an Independent politician before passing away.
The party ran five candidates in the 2011 general election: one each in Dublin Central, Dublin South-East and Waterford and two in Wicklow. At the press launch on 5 February the party announced that it would also contest Cork South-West but their candidate failed to be nominated by the deadline of 9 February.
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