Muintir na hÉireann (; meaning "People of Ireland") was a minor

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, with

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and

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policies. It was founded in 1994 and active in the 1990s. The party had one public representative, former

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councillor Richard Greene, who served one term on

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from 1991 to 1999. Greene left the Green Party in protest at its "left-wing social agenda", particularly its refusal to adopt an

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policy, and his party reflected his views on issues such as family values and the extradition of Irish republicans convicted of terrorist offenses to the

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. In 1995, Muintir supported independence of

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from

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. The party endorsed Mildred Fox in the 1995 Wicklow by-election for her anti-abortion stance. In 1996, Muintir sought a boycott of

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. In late 1996, Greene's relationship with Muintir na hÉireann broke down. Though its archived website does not explicitly espouse

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values in its opening statement, Barberis, McHugh and Tyldesley (2005) write that Muintir na hÉireann "asserts traditional social values derived from Christian and specifically

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teaching". Unlike Nora Bennis's contemporaneous conservative party, the National Party, Muintir did not contest the 1997 general election apart from Richard Greene's independent candidacy in Dublin South. Greene lost his council seat in the 1999 local elections. The party is defunct.

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* Barberis, Peter, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, 2005. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organisations. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. , Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland Defunct Christian political parties Political parties established in 1994 Conservative parties in Ireland 1994 establishments in Ireland Political parties disestablished in 1996 1996 disestablishments in Ireland Right-wing politics in Ireland {{Ireland-party-stub