Lasair Dhearg
Irish political party
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Lasair Dhearg (English: Red Flame) is a far-left Irish republican organisation based in Belfast.
Lasair Dhearg | |
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| General Secretary | Éamonn Ó Cleirigh[1] |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Ideology | |
| Political position | far-left |
| Slogan | Time for a Socialist Republic! |
| Website | |
| lasairdhearg | |
Ideology
Lasair Dhearg describes itself as an republican-socialist organisation striving to create a socialist republic on the island of Ireland. The group campaigns for "the establishment of a 32 County democratic socialist republic built upon the principles of the Proclamation of the Irish Republic of 1916" through armed force.[2][3] They oppose what they call "Occupied Ireland"[4]
The group is against the Good Friday Agreement and views Sinn Féin as too lenient.[5][non-primary source needed]
The group supports a living wage, universal healthcare, the promotion of the Irish Language and the establishment of a "Socialist Republic of Ireland".[6]
Activity
The group was founded in late 2017/early 2018 in Belfast but did not allow outside members to join until 2020.[7][non-primary source needed]
In 2022, letters were sent to principals of schools in Northern Ireland claiming that the PSNI (Police Service of Northern Ireland) was using children and schools and describing them as "armed gunmen" and they "drag society backwards".[8][9]
In 2024, the organization held its first ardfheis in 2024 in Belfast.[1][10]
In November 2024, a sign on the border of Derry and Donegal was altered to say "Welcome to Occupied Ireland". instead of "Welcome to Northern Ireland".[11][12]
On the 7 October 2025, a poster was unfurled outside the Royal Belfast Academical Institution depicting a man with an assault rifle commemorating the October 7 attacks. The poster displayed the words "Palestine has a right to resist."[13]
On 27 February 2025, the group claimed responsibility for a pouring red paint over a statue of Queen Victoria in the grounds of the Royal Victoria Hospital, Belfast.[14][15]