The Ard Fheis Delay and the Crossroads of Irish Republicanism

Whispers have grown over Sinn Féin’s postponement of their 2025 Ard Fheis. Some suggest disquiet within the ranks—discontent over the party’s embrace of mass immigration and radical gender policies pushed by elements of the leadership. Perhaps. But the truth is more practical: the Ard Fheis would have clashed with the presidential election. A tactical decision, not necessarily a crisis.

But that doesn’t mean the crisis doesn’t exist.

The reality is this: Sinn Féin today is two parties in one. On one side stand the republicans, veterans of Ireland’s long struggle for unity and freedom—men and women who still speak in the language of nationhood, sacrifice, and sovereignty. On the other side: a globalist left, detached from national tradition, that has captured the levers of power within the movement.

There is no need to pretend otherwise.

Yes, many within Sinn Féin are deeply uncomfortable—silenced or sidelined by the newer ideology. But if Sinn Féin were to fracture tomorrow, it would not necessarily strengthen the Irish Ireland movement. Smaller republican groups would not rise to fill the vacuum. Most would disperse—some into apathy, others behind independents, a few forming micro-camps. Disillusion would scatter like leaves in the wind.

The truth is hard but necessary: it is not Sinn Féin that holds back the Irish Ireland movement. It is the absence of strategy. Of structure. Of a united national plan.

Over 50,000 have marched across Ireland in the past year. They have walked shoulder to shoulder, mothers and fathers, workers and the elderly, united against the unchecked erosion of our homeland. But marches, while powerful, are not enough. Nor are Facebook groups, Telegram chats, or scattered protests. There is no national campaign. No coordinated force. And no clear mechanism for change.

Political parties will not save Ireland. New parties, old parties painted green again—they will not bring about the transformation needed. Ireland’s problems will not be solved inside Dáil chambers stacked with EU loyalists, NGOs, or bought silence. What is needed is something greater. Something that speaks directly to the Irish people.

A national referendum.

A referendum written by the Irish Ireland movement itself—not the government. A referendum to close Irish borders, restore control, and reverse the disaster that has unfolded since mass immigration began accelerating. A referendum for decolonisation—to unshackle ourselves from EU directives, restore Irish sovereignty, and halt the plantation of our land.

The numbers do not lie. 80% of Irish laws are EU-made. Our government is a vessel. National debt and personal debt rise not to serve the people, but to fund policies that betray them. Hospitals are collapsing. Schools overwhelmed. Homes unaffordable. Wages stagnant. Rents obscene. Entire towns are changing overnight. And yet our youth are driven abroad—unable to afford homes, unable to raise families, while thousands arrive weekly, aided by Leinster House and NGO's in unison.

This is not immigration. This is replacement.

But the Irish people are stirring. The referendum to remove women from the Constitution was rejected—proof that while people may vote for establishment parties out of habit or fear, they will defy them when national identity is on the line. This is the key. This is a path to Irish freedom.

We should have no more distractions. No more waiting. The Irish Ireland movement must rise to national coordination. It must speak with one voice. It must define its objectives clearly:
• End mass immigration.
• Restore border control.
• Exit EU legal subjugation.
• Prioritise housing the Irish and return of Irish youth.
• Restore Irish sovereignty—demographic, cultural, spiritual.

The time is now. A turning is coming. Sinn Féin’s future—whether as a united party or one that splits—is not the battleground. The battleground is the soul of Ireland.

And if we are not ready to claim it, someone else will.

Tomás MacCormaic