Young Progressive Democrats
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Young Progressive Democrats
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| Founded | 1 September 2002 |
| Dissolved | 15 September 2009 |
| Headquarters | 25 South Frederick Street, Dublin 2 |
| Ideology |
Classical liberalism Conservative liberalism, Economic liberalism |
| European affiliation | European Liberal Youth |
| International affiliation | International Federation of Liberal Youth |
| Colours | Green, dark blue |
The Young Progressive Democrats were the youth wing of the Irish political party, the Progressive Democrats. Weakened after the party's poor showing in the 1997 elections, they were completely reformed on a national basis after the 2002 general election. A special conference of the Young Progressive Democrats (YPD) was held in party headquarters on 18 October 2008. This was in response to the announcement of the Parliamentary Party interest in winding up the Progressive Democrats Party. At this special conference the Young Progressive Democrats agreed to formally dissolve the Young Progressive Democrats following the same timetable as the Progressive Democrats for dissolving. A November 2008 special congress of the Progressive Democrats resolved that the party should come to an end; it was officially dissolved on 20 November 2009. By this action the Young Progressive Democrats also ceased to exist.
They had branches in Trinity College, Dublin, Dublin Institute of Technology, University College Dublin, Cork Institute of Technology and University College Cork. They also had a vibrant regional organisation in Dublin, Cork, Galway and the Mid West (Tipperary/Limerick/Clare) composed of young people who were not in college as well as the students from the Dublin, Cork, Galway and Limerick colleges.
They also had members from NUI Maynooth, NUI Galway, Dublin City University, University of Limerick, Waterford IT, Mary Immaculate College, Griffith College Dublin and National College of Ireland.
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