Democratic Left

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Democratic Left was an Irish political party that emerged in the 1990s as a democratic socialist and social-democratic force, later merging with the Labour Party.

All labels observed (1)

Label Occurrences
Democratic Left canonical 2

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Irish political party ⓘ
political party ⓘ
coalitionPartnerOf Fine Gael ⓘ
Labour Party (Ireland) ⓘ
country Ireland ⓘ
dateFounded 1992 ⓘ
dissolved 1999 ⓘ
electoralStrategy alliances with other centre-left parties ⓘ
foundedBy Proinsias De Rossa ⓘ
former members of the Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ
hadYouthWing Labour Youth (after merger, as successor structure) ⓘ
linked to: Labour Youth
headquartersLocation Dublin ⓘ
historicalEra 1990s Irish politics ⓘ
ideology democratic socialism ⓘ
social democracy ⓘ
language English ⓘ
Irish ⓘ
mergedInto Labour Party (Ireland) ⓘ
notableMember Eamon Gilmore ⓘ
linked to: Éamon Gilmore

Eric Byrne ⓘ
Joe Sherlock ⓘ
Kathleen Lynch ⓘ
Pat Rabbitte ⓘ
Proinsias De Rossa ⓘ
operatedIn Republic of Ireland ⓘ
opposedIdeology Stalinism ⓘ
linked to: Stalin era
origin split over direction and ideology of the Workers' Party ⓘ
parliamentaryGroupIn Dáil Éireann ⓘ
Seanad Éireann ⓘ
participatedIn Irish general election, 1992 ⓘ
Irish general election, 1997 ⓘ
participatedInGovernment Rainbow Coalition (1994–1997) ⓘ
policyFocus Northern Ireland peace process ⓘ
constitutional reform ⓘ
social justice ⓘ
workers' rights ⓘ
politicalOrientation reformist left ⓘ
politicalPosition centre-left ⓘ
predecessor Workers' Party of Ireland (reformist wing) ⓘ
reasonForMerger electoral viability concerns ⓘ
to strengthen the Irish left ⓘ
representedIn Dublin constituencies ⓘ
splitFrom Workers' Party of Ireland ⓘ
status defunct ⓘ
successor Labour Party (Ireland) ⓘ

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Referenced by (2)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

28th Dáil → otherOppositionParty → Democratic Left ⓘ