Current Political Groups:
Fine Gael http://www.finegael.ie/ (currently in power: An Taoiseach (Prime Minister)- Enda Kenny)
Fianna Fail http://www.fiannafail.ie/
Sinn Fein http://www.sinnfein.ie/
Republican Sinn Fein http://www.rsf.ie
Labour Party Ireland http://www.labour.ie
Communist Party of Ireland http://www.communistpartyofireland.ie
Workers Party Ireland http://www.workerspartyireland.net/
Socialist Party Ireland http://www.socialistparty.net/
Green Party Ireland http://www.greenparty.ie/en
Workers Solidarity Movement http://www.wsm.ie/
IRA (Continuity IRA, Official IRA, Provisional IRA, Real IRA) no web presence Read about the IRA in the Britanica Online
"Irish Republican Army (IRA), also called Provisional Irish Republican Army, republican paramilitary organization seeking the establishment of a republic, the end of British rule in Northern Ireland, and the reunification of Ireland.
The IRA was created in 1919 as a successor to the Irish Volunteers, a militant nationalist organization founded in 1913. The IRA’s purpose was to use armed force to render British rule in Ireland ineffective and thus to assist in achieving the broader objective of an independent republic, which was pursued at the political level by Sinn Féin, the Irish nationalist party. From its inception, however, the IRA operated independently of political control and in some periods actually took the upper hand in the independence movement. Its membership overlaps with that of Sinn Féin..."
Community Groups:
Traveller Visibility Group http://tvgcork.ie/site/
Irish Immigrant Support http://www.nascireland.org/
photo by Cletesh
http://www.flickr.com/photos/celesteh/4173884027/
Labor (Trade) Unions:
Irish Council of Trade Unions http://www.ictu.ie/joinaunion/
Independent Workers Union http://www.union.ie/
