Independent Fianna Fáil
Independent Fianna Fáil Fianna Fáil Neamhspleách | |
|---|---|
| Leader | Neil Blaney |
| Founded | 1972 |
| Dissolved | 2006 |
| Split from | Fianna Fáil |
| Merged into | Fianna Fáil |
| Ideology | Irish republicanism |
| European affiliation | European Free Alliance |
| European Parliament group | Technical Group of Independents (1979–1984) Rainbow Group (1989–1994) |
Independent Fianna Fáil (IFF), sometimes called the Independent Fianna Fáil Republican Party, was a splinter republican party in Ireland created by Neil Blaney after his expulsion from Fianna Fáil following the Irish Arms Crisis (1969–1970). The party ceased to exist on 26 July 2006. It was never an officially registered political party: Niall Blaney said in 2003 "I am an Independent and a member of an organisation known locally as Independent Fianna Fáil". Its candidates were listed on ballot papers without a party label, or the use of the "Non-party" label available to independents. However, the Oireachtas members' database lists Independent Fianna Fáil members separately.