Online resource for all things to do with Irish politics
www.politics.ie has an extremely usefull wiki for Irish politics. Below is a sample from their page on the main parties:
Republic of Ireland
- Fianna Fáil - a centrist republican party
- Fine Gael - a centre-right party of the pro-European Christian Democrat genre
- Labour Party - a left-leaning liberal/social-democratic party
- Progressive Democrats - a right-wing liberal party
- Green Party/Comhaontas Glas - a left-leaning ecologist party
- Sinn Féin - a left-leaning republican party
- Socialist Party - a left wing socialist party
- Christian Solidarity Party - a Christian social principles party
- Socialist Workers’ Party - a far-left socialist party
- Workers’ Party of Ireland - a far-left socialist party
- Irish Republican Socialist Party - a far-left republican party
- Communist Party of Ireland - a left-wing socialist party
Northern Ireland
- Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) - a conservative unionist party
- Sinn Féin - a left-leaning republican party
- Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) - a centre-right unionist party
- Social Democratic and Labour Party (SDLP) - a centre-left nationalist party
- Alliance Party of Northern Ireland - a cross-community liberal party
- Progressive Unionist Party (PUP) - a left-leaning loyalist party
- Socialist Party - a left wing socialist party
- Northern Ireland Women’s Coalition - a party for women
- Green Party in Northern Ireland- a left-leaning ecologist party
- Irish Republican Socialist Party - a far-left republican party
- Workers’ Party of Ireland - a far-left socialist party
- Communist Party of Ireland - a left-wing socialist party