Renua
Irish political party, currently named Centre Party of Ireland / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The Centre Party of Ireland, formerly Renua, is a fringe political party in Ireland.[13] The party was launched on 13 March 2015, with former Fine Gael TD Lucinda Creighton as founding leader.[14] Prior to its launch it had used the slogan Reboot Ireland. The name Renua was intended to suggest both the English Renew and the Irish Ré Nua "New Era".[15] The party changed its name to the Centre Party of Ireland in 2023.[16][17]
Centre Party of Ireland | |
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Leader | Vacant[1] |
Chairperson | Séamus Ó Riain |
Founder | Lucinda Creighton |
Founded | 13 March 2015 |
Headquarters | 5 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin, Ireland |
Ideology | Anti-abortion[2][3][4] Christian democracy[5] Social conservatism[6] Economic liberalism[7] Soft Euroscepticism[8] |
Political position | Right-wing[9][10] to far-right[11][12] |
Website | |
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Renua was founded primarily by former members of Fine Gael who left that party because they refused to endorse Fine Gael's pro-abortion stance.[18] Before the 2016 Irish general election, Renua had 3 members of the Dáil through defections, however, afterwards it was left with no national representation as none of its election candidates were successful.[18] In the immediate aftermath, all its most prominent founder-members either returned to Fine Gael or left politics.[18] However, by virtue of securing over 2% of the national vote, Renua received significant funding from the state, which allowed the party to continue to exist in a diminished form.[19] The party has continued to contest both national and local elections in Ireland since 2016 but has met with little to no success, and currently has no elected representatives.[20] In parallel, since 2016 the party's ideology has shifted from its initial centre-right position to a hard-right one.[11][12]