Ardfheis orard fheis (/ɑːrdˈɛʃ/ardESH,Irish:[ˌaːɾˠd̪ˠˈɛʃ]; 'high assembly'; pluralardfheiseanna) is the name used by many Irishpolitical parties for their annualparty conference.
Among the parties who use the termardfheis orard fheis are:
In theRepublic of Ireland, theLabour Party,Communist Party,People Before Profit–Solidarity, and theSocial Democrats do not use the termardfheis; however, it is still sometimes used by the media to refer to their annual conventions in an unofficial way.[17]
Many political parties who use the termard fheis also use the termard chomhairle which means 'national executive committee' (literally 'high council'), and is the governing body of the party.[18]