The Irish Sovereignty Movement was a political lobby group in the 1970s and 1980s fronted by

Anthony Coughlan Anthony Coughlan is an Irish academic, secretary of the National Platform, and retired Senior Lecturer Emeritus in Social Policy at Trinity College, Dublin. He has contributed to various debates in the media such as on RTÉ's '' Questions and Ans ...

who was its chairman. It held meetings and produced publications campaigning on various political issues mainly to do with Irish Independence and its relationship with the Common Market, EEC and European Community, Irish neutrality, as well as Northern Ireland. The grouping made presentations to the

New Ireland Forum The New Ireland Forum was a forum in 1983–1984 at which Irish nationalist political parties discussed potential political developments that might alleviate the Troubles in Northern Ireland. The Forum was established by Garret FitzGerald, then T ...

in 1983. It also hosted meetings and campaigned against the

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. Coughlan and other ex-members have latterly participated in public debates as members of a similar group called the

National Platform The National Platform for EU Research and Information Centre shortened to National Platform is an Irish Eurosceptic lobby group which campaigns against greater European Union integration, and against a Federal superstate. It is a member of the ...

Publications

*''The way to peace in Ireland'' by

(Irish Sovereignty Movement, 1974) *''The EEC: Ireland and the making of a superpower.'' by Anthony Coughlan (Irish Sovereignty Movement, 1979) *''EEC political union'' by Anthony Coughlan (Irish Sovereignty Movement Publications, 1985)Publications by Anthony Coughlan Open Library
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References

Political advocacy groups in the Republic of Ireland Euroscepticism in Ireland {{Ireland-org-stub