On 5th November 2024, ahead of the dissolution of Dáil Éireann, the New Ireland Commission wrote to the Leaders of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil, Sinn Féin, the Green Party, the Labour Party and the Social Democrats as the parties most likely to play a significant role in negotiations aimed at formation of the next Irish Government.

We requested that each party give consideration to including a ‘clear pledge in your manifesto supporting the unification of our island as an objective of government alongside deliverable commitments to advancing this important work’.

Our mission is to build a movement for a new Ireland through democratic consent, peaceful persuasion, research and debate. Our long held view is that this work is too important to be left to any single political party. Just as there is no one political narrative within modern Ireland, neither is there a single strain of progressive Irish nationalism which can deliver a new future alone. Put bluntly, the future of Ireland cannot, and should not, be tied to the fortunes of one political movement. We have seen the impact of that approach on independence movements in other places.

Our objective, therefore, is to build a broad based movement for change that is resilient, innovative and dynamic, meeting the needs of everyone who shares our island.