Ted Neville

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Ted Neville
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Born1957or1958(age 66–67) [1]
Cork, Ireland
Political party National Party (2017-)
Other political
affiliations		 Immigration Control Platform (1998–)
Identity Ireland (c. 2015)

Ted Neville (born 1957or1958) [1] is an Irish anti-immigration activist from Cork. Previously an illegal immigrant in America, [2] Neville has been active in several far-right and anti-immigration groups since the late 1990s, including the Immigration Control Platform, Identity Ireland, Irish Solidarity Party and the National Party. Neville was an unsuccessful independent candidate in local and national elections held between 2002 and 2011.

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Campaigning

In the 2000s, Neville was an activist and member of the Immigration Control Platform alongside Áine Ní Chonaill. [3] He stood, unsuccessfully, as an independent anti-immigration candidate in three general elections in Cork South Central in 2002, 2007, and 2011. [4] He also contested the 2004 local elections in Cork City, receiving 110 first preference votes and being eliminated on the second count. [4]

He has appeared on Irish media, including RTÉ television and radio, as an anti-immigration voice. [5] [6] He was involved in efforts to establish a party known as the Irish Solidarity Party in 2011. [7] An article in The Herald from 2011 commented on the "lunacy" of his stance on immigration, stating that Neville had himself previously been "an illegal immigrant in America". [2]

Neville was later involved with the now-defunct political party Identity Ireland, and was the party's spokesman in 2015. [6] He also appeared as a guest witness before an Oireachtas committee on behalf of the Immigration Control Platform in 2015. [8] [ non-primary source needed ] [9] As of 2024, he is a member of the National Party. [10]

Views

In 2002, Neville described Ireland as "the maternity ward of Africa" [11] and argued that "the influx of foreign cultures will destroy Irish society". [12] He called for a referendum to remove birthright citizenship. [13] [ non-primary source needed ] A 2004 referendum on citizenship rights, relating to the Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, was called and supported by the then Fianna Fáil–Progressive Democrats coalition government and passed by an 80:20 margin.

Neville attributed the 2008 financial crash to "mass-immigration" [14] [ non-primary source needed ] and has described Ireland as a "welfare wonderland" and a "Mecca for overseas welfare tourists". [14] [ non-primary source needed ]

He criticised a 2007 supreme court decision which halted a deportation order against an African couple on the grounds that they had AIDS by arguing, "We are sending out the wrong message. Most countries screen for AIDS before they come; we are saying if you come to Ireland you can stay if [you've] got AIDS". [15]

Personal life

According to his election materials, Neville is a science graduate from Cork RTC (now Munster Technological University). [13] [ non-primary source needed ] He is a former competitive weightlifter and served as public relations officer for the Irish Amateur Weightlifting Association. [16] Since 2000 he was involved with the Irish Real Tennis Association [17] [ non-primary source needed ] and served as its secretary. [18] [ obsolete source ]

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References

  1. 1 2 O'Doherty, Caroline (23 February 2002). "Anti-immigration group to field two candidates in poll". Irish Times. Retrieved 12 November 2024. Mr Neville (44), who has no previous political party affiliations, joined the ICP the same year [1998]. A single man, he is a science graduate who works in the manufacturing industry
  2. 1 2 Freyne, Patrick (25 November 2011). "Pride and blatant prejudice". The Herald . Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  3. ↑ Coffey, Maurice (22 February 2002). "Anti-immigration group to contest Cork seat". The Irish Times. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  4. 1 2 "ElectionsIreland.org: Ted Neville". electionsireland.org. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  5. ↑ Murphy, Claire (17 January 2009). "Nazi group accuses TV sisters of race bias". The Herald . Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  6. 1 2 O'Keeffe, Donal (4 August 2015). "Time for Ireland's new anti-immigration party to answer difficult questions about its members". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  7. ↑ "Meet the Candidates: Cork South Central". Southern Star. 19 February 2011.
  8. ↑ "Joint Committee on Justice, Defence and Equality debate". Oireachtas.ie. 1 April 2015. I welcome Ms Áine Ní Chonaill, public relations officer and Mr. Ted Neville, member of the executive committee of Immigration Control Platform [to the Oireachtas committee on justice]
  9. ↑ Duffy, Rónán (1 April 2015). "Oireachtas told: 'Illegal immigrants are giving two fingers to the State'". TheJournal.ie. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  10. ↑ "Candidate profile - Ted Neville". thejournal.ie. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
  11. ↑ Breslin, John (23 February 2002). "Immigrant control group field candidates". Irish Examiner.
  12. ↑ Higgins, Jacqui (9 May 2002). "Neville denies accusations that his party incites racial hatred". The Corkman.
  13. 1 2 "Immigration Control Platform – Ted Neville -2002 Cork South Central". 9 September 2009 – via irishelectionliterature.com.
  14. 1 2 ""Mass Immigration Led To Ireland's Crash…" -Ted Neville- Irish Solidarity Party-Cork South Central". 8 February 2011 – via irishelectionliterature.com.
  15. ↑ Ryan, Conor (19 May 2007). "Immigration issue finally gets airing". Irish Examiner. Retrieved 23 October 2024.
  16. ↑ "Indoor stars get their reward". Evening Echo. 15 April 2006.
  17. ↑ "Dáil Éireann debate, Wednesday, 8 Mar 2000". oireachtas.ie. On 15 April 1999 an oral presentation was made [..] by Mr. Ted Neville and Mr. Michael Bolton on behalf of the Irish Real Tennis Club Association
  18. ↑ Maddock, John (13 December 2000). "Real tennis court debate re-opens". Irish Independent.
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