| Comhar Críostaí - Christian Solidarity Party | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Cathal Loftus |
| Founded | 1997 |
| Headquarters | 14 North Frederick Street, Dublin 1 353-(0)1-878 3529 comharcriostai@eircom. Year 1997 ( MCMXCVII) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display full 1997 Gregorian calendar net |
| Political Ideology | Conservatism, Social conservatism |
| International Affiliation | {{{international}}} |
| European Affiliation | none |
| European Parliament Group | n/a |
| Colours | Lemon Yellow |
| Website | None |
| See also | Politics of Ireland |
The Christian Solidarity Party (Irish: An Comhar Críostaí) is a political party in the Republic of Ireland without parliamentary representation. Conservatism is a term used to describe political philosophies that favour Tradition, where tradition refers to various religious cultural or nationally defined Social conservatism is a political or moral ideology that affirms the government's role in encouraging or enforcing traditional values or behaviors in the belief that these are what Yellow is the Color evoked by light that stimulates both the L and M (long and medium wavelength Cone cells of the Retina about equally The Republic of Ireland is a parliamentary representative democratic Republic. There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and Coalition governments are common The Republic of Ireland elects on national level a Head of state — the President — and a Legislature. Irish (ga ''Gaeilge'' is a Goidelic language of the Indo-European language family originating in Ireland and historically spoken by the Irish. A political party is a Political organization that seeks to attain and maintain political power within Government, usually by participating in electoral Ireland ( Irish: Éire, ˈeːrʲə is a country in north-western Europe. It was founded by Gerard Casey and first took part in the 1997 general election. Dr Gerard N Casey (1951 is a member of the School of Philosophy in University College Dublin (Head from 2001-2006 The Irish general election of 1997 was held on Friday 6 June 1997
It is robustly orthodox to Roman Catholic teachings and policies, and its main policies are based upon traditional, and unequivocal, pro-life natalism. Overview See also Ethical aspects of abortion Pro-life individuals generally believe that human life should be valued either from conception or Implantation It is against gay marriage and gay adoption. The party describes itself as follows: "The Christian Solidarity Party is dedicated to the causes of Life, the Family and the Community. Family denotes a group of People affiliated by consanguinity affinity or co-residence The CSP promotes policies that safeguard the value of human life from conception to natural death, that support the position of the family as the fundamental unit group of society, and that allow human communities to flourish in a manner consistent with human dignity. "
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CSP People 2005
The leader is party president Cathal Loftus. Michael O'Brien is the general secretary.
In the European Parliament election, 2004, the CSP announced it had no plans to run, but later announced pro-lifer Barry Despard as a candidate. The European Parliament election 2004 was the Ireland component of the European Parliament election 2004. He said he was standing because other parties, wittingly or unwittingly, supported "killing people before they are born". The party asked for "moral voters" to vote no. 1 Despard and transfer to pro-life candidates. He came ninth of twelve candidates in the Dublin constituency with 5,352 first-preference votes, or 1. County Dublin (Contae Bhaile Átha Cliath or more correctly today the Dublin Region ( Réigiúin Átha Cliath) is the area that contains the city of Dublin Single transferable vote (STV is a preferential Voting system designed to minimize Wasted votes and provide Proportional representation 3% of the valid poll.
In the 2002 general election, the CSP ran 19 candidates, between the ages of 22 and 82. The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002 just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Some ran in more than one constituency. They spent €12,284. 71 on the campaign.
The Party fielded several candidates in the 2007 general election:
- Mary Doherty (Donegal North East)
- Paul O'Loughlin (Dublin Central)
- Colm Callanan (Dublin Mid West)
- Michael Redmond (Dublin South Central)
- Conor O'Donoghue (Limerick East)[1]
None were elected, and lost their deposits for failing to achieve a required minimum number of votes. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007 at the request of Donegal North East is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Dublin Central (Baile Atha Cliath Lár is a parliamentary Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas Dublin Mid West is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, located in County Dublin Dublin South Central is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. Limerick East is a Constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas.
2007 General Election
The CSP ran eight candidates - two women and six men - in the 2007 election and all fell well short of scoring 1% of the vote. Party leader Cathal Loftus received 210 votes in Dublin North, 0. 38% of the votes and came last out of eleven candidates. Paul O'Loughlin, the party's best-performing candidate who had recently humiliated himself on the party's party election broadcast scored just 260 votes in Dublin Central, with 0. 75% of the vote. The party as a whole scored 0. 06% of the total national vote.
References
External links
- Christian Solidarity Party — from the Irish Times guide to the 2002 election
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