The presidency is largely a ceremonial office, but the president does exercise certain limited powers with absolute discretion. The president acts as a representative of the Irish state and guardian of the constitution. The president’s official residence is Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park, Dublin.

Since 1927, Fianna Fáil has been one of Ireland’s two major parties, along with Fine Gael since 1933; both are seen as being centre-right parties, and as being to the right of the Labour Party and Sinn Féin. Fianna Fáil is a member of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe and of Liberal International.

Under the Constitution of Ireland, the Taoiseach is nominated by a simple majority of the voting members of Dáil Éireann. They are then formally appointed to office by the President, who is required to appoint whomever the Dáil designates, without the option of declining to make the appointment.

De Valera resigned from the presidency of Sinn Féin after losing a vote to accept the Free State Constitution (if the Oath of Allegiance was dropped). In March 1926 he formed a new party, Fianna Fáil (Soldiers of Destiny).

Sinn Féin (/ˌʃɪn‖ˈfeɪn/) (“ourselves” or “we ourselves”) and Sinn Féin Amháin (“ourselves only / ourselves alone / solely us”) are Irish-language phrases used as a political slogan by Irish nationalists in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century.

SDLP MPs have consistently taken their seats in Westminster, in contrast to Sinn Féin MPs, who refuse to take their seats there. Sinn Féin MPs believe that as British political institutions should play no part in governing the people of Ireland, they as MPs should not make decisions on behalf of British people.

Members of the United Kingdom Parliament Sinn Féin has seven MPs (most recent election in 2019):

Sinn Féin aims at securing the international recognition of Ireland as an independent Irish republic. Having achieved that status the Irish people may by referendum freely choose their own form of Government.

The Irish Republican Army (IRA; Irish: Óglaigh na hÉireann), also known as the Provisional Irish Republican Army, and informally as the Provos, was an Irish republican paramilitary organisation that sought to end British rule in Northern Ireland, facilitate Irish reunification and bring about an independent, socialist …

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