Lasair Dhearg | |
|---|---|
| General Secretary | Éamonn Ó Cleirigh [1] |
| Founded | 2018 |
| Ideology | Anti-Imperialism Anti-Capitalism Republicanism United Ireland Socialism |
| Political position | Left-wing to far-left |
| Slogan | Time for a Socialist Republic! |
| Website | |
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Lasair Dhearg (English: Red Flame) is a left-wing to far-left, republican organization based in Belfast.
Lasair Dhearg is mainly based in Northern Ireland but has activists and members in many Irish Counties including; Cork, Donegal, Kilkenny, Louth and Meath.
Lasair Dhearg describes itself as an republican-socialist organization 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]
The group supports a living wage, universal healthcare, the promotion of the Irish Language and the establishment of a "Socialist Republic of Ireland". [6]
The group was founded in late 2017/early 2018 in Belfast but did not allow outside members to join until 2020. [7]
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]