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by Tomislav Todorovic, 1 November 2016
 
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by Tomislav Todorovic, 1 November 2016
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éirígí [spelled as written here] is a small far-left political party which 
operates in both the Republic of Ireland and North Ireland. It was founded in 
2006 as a breakaway group of Sinn Féin, which they considered not radical 
enough. The party name means "arise" (second person plural imperative) in Irish 
Gaelic. Its goal is a united Irish state, organized as a Socialist republic. 
Regarding the foreign policies, it is Eurosceptic and, like most of the other 
Irish Republican groups, anti-Israeli and pro-Palestinian. While frequently 
organizing protests, the party always conducts them in a non-violent way.
Source: éirígí at Wikipedia: 
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%89ir%C3%ADg%C3%AD 
The party flag 
is white, charged with the large emblem in center. The emblem consists of the 
party name, inscribed in orange between two green bars, all placed beneath a 
large green five-pointed star star. The flag color set is thus the same as that 
of the national flag. The colors often look paler on the party flag. The star 
was chosen as the international Socialist symbol, although painted in green to 
match the rest of the emblem. Green parts of the emblem look as if they are 
partly erased or faded, or not painted completely (e.g. by spraying). The most 
usual ratio is 3:5, although 2:3 seems to be used as well. The best photos 
showing the flag can be found here:
http://newryrepublican.blogspot.rs/p/eirigi-newry-remember-1916.html 
http://eiriginewry.blogspot.rs/2010/08/successful-mountain-top-protest.html
https://theirishrevolution.wordpress.com/2013/11/19/pflp-representative-speaking-at-eirigi-organised-events/
https://www.facebook.com/eirigi1916/photos/a.295676227111468.82316.246143775398047/1319700128042401/?type=3&theater 
Image derived from the image of party emblem from the Wikipedia:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Eirigi_logo_copy.jpg 
Tomislav 
Todorovic, 1 November 2016