Saoradh
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Saoradh
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| Chairperson | David Jordan |
| Vice-chairperson | Nuala Perry |
| Founded | September 2016 |
| Headquarters | 129a Falls Road, Belfast, BT12, 6AD |
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Physical force Irish republicanism Socialism Euroscepticism Anti-imperialism |
| Political position | Far-left |
| Colors | Green |
| Slogan | "Unfinished Revolution" |
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Saoradh (Irish, meaning "liberation") is an Irish republican political party formed by dissident republicans in 2016. They are active in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland.
The party was founded in 2016. It held its first ard fheis at the Canal Court Hotel, Newry on 24 September 2016, which was attended by about 150 people. The 12-person national executive of the party sat at the top table under a banner of the signatories of 1916 Proclamation. The national executive included Risteard Ó Murchú, Sharon Rafferty, Dee Fennell, Nuala Perry (Vice-chairperson and former Provisional IRA prisoner), David Jordan, Mandy Duffy (sister-in-law of Colin Duffy) and Kevin Murphy, a former Real IRA prisoner. A third of the executive was female, while out of all 150 in attendance, men outnumbered women 10 to 1.Prominent dissidents including Colin Duffy and his brother Paul. Sharon Girvan and Thomas Ashe Mellon were also in attendance. A message of support from veteran republican leader Billy McKee was read out and a statement from New IRA prisoners expressing their support for the party was read out by Mellon. David Jordan said being elected chairman of the party was “humbling, daunting, intimidating yet empowering”. Chair of the Association of Palestinian Communities in Scotland (APCS), Issam Hijjawi, also spoke.
On the same day Saoradh issued the following press release:
Today, Saturday the 24th of September 2016, we a significant collective of Irish Republican activists, who for a number of years have acted autonomously, have after a number of years of debate, consultation and organisation today in Ard Fheis organised, constituted and launched a Revolutionary Irish Republican Party, the Party’s name is Saoradh.
Saoradh believes that Ireland should be governed by the Irish People with the wealth and wealth producing mechanisms in the ownership of the Irish People. This can not happen while British imperialism undemocratically retains control of Irish destinies and partitions our nation, this cannot happen while a neo-colonial elite in a subservient supposed indigenous administration sell’s the nation’s labour and natural resources to international capital.
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