Ógra Fianna Fáil

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Ógra Fianna Fáil




Chairperson	Dara Calleary
Vice-Chairperson	Paul Mullally (Kildare North)

Founded	1975
Headquarters	65-66 Lower Mount St, Dublin 2

Mother party	Fianna Fáil
European affiliation	Alliance for Europe of the Nations

Website	www.ogra.ie

Ógra Fianna Fáil is the youth wing of Fianna Fáil, a major political party in the Republic of Ireland. Within Fianna Fáil it is simply called Ógra (Irish for youth). It was founded in 1975 by party leader Jack Lynch under the guidance of the then Party General Secretary, Séamus Brennan. It is the largest youth political organisation on the island of Ireland with nearly 7000 members island - wide. In the Republic, it is active in every major Third Level Institute and in every Dáil constituency. It has begun recruiting members in Northern Ireland, beginning on 25 September 2007 in Derry at Magee College of the University of Ulster, and proceeding to Queens University, Belfast the following day.

[edit] Organisation

Ógra is a full member of Fianna Fáil itself. The national leadership of Ógra is the National Youth Committee, which is elected every year at the National Youth Conference.

Six members of the Youth Committee are on the Árd Comhairle ("high council", the national governing body) of Fianna Fáil. These are the Leas-Cathaoirleach, one representative from third-level institution branches, and one from each of the four European Parliament constituencies in the Republic of Ireland.

There are sixteen further members of the Youth Committee: three from each Euro constituency and four from the third level sector. Ógra Fianna Fáil recently expanded into Northern Ireland and as such is expected to reform its structures to reflect its new all-island status in the near future.

[edit] Leas Cathaoirleach

The Leas Cathaoirleach ("vice-chairperson") is the highest elected position within Ógra Fianna Fáil. The Leas Cathaoirleach is elected at the National Youth Conference every year. The Cathaoirleach ("chairperson") of Ógra is always a member of the parliamentary party - this is usually an honorary position and it is the Leas Cathaoirleach who acts as the main spokesperson and representative of Ógra Fianna Fáil.

Former Ógra Leas Cathaoirligh include: