Human Dignity Alliance Comhaontas Dhínit an Duine | |
|---|---|
| Chairperson | Rónán Mullen[1] |
| Founded | 29 June 2018 (2018-06-29) |
| Headquarters | 17 Claremont Drive, Dublin |
| Ideology | Anti-abortion Conservatism Social conservatism Christian right |
| Political position | Right-wing |
| European affiliation | European Christian Political Party[2] |
| Website | |
| hdalliance.ie | |
TheHuman Dignity Alliance (Irish:Comhaontas Dhínit an Duine)[2] is a minorright-wingpolitical party inIreland. The party was founded in June 2018 by SenatorRónán Mullen.[3]
Mullen, the party's founder, has served as anindependent senator for the National University of Ireland constituency since 2007. In 2014 he contested the European Parliament election unsuccessfully in the Midlands-North-West constituency. Mullen was prominent in referendum campaigns opposingsame-sex marriage in the2015 referendum andabortion in the2018 referendum.[4][5] He is also a member of theEuropean Christian Political Party.[6]
The Human Dignity Alliance was born out of a political grouping within Leinster House that met annually. The party was established on 29 June 2018 in support of Mullen's pro-life position and was registered with the clerk ofDáil Éireann,[3] to contest Dáil, European and local elections.[7] Mullen predicted the party would be a "slow burner" and see growth over time.[3] In July 2018, independent TDMattie McGrath ruled out joining the Human Dignity Alliance.[8]