[4] Éirígí was formed in 2006 by a group of community and political activists who broke away from Sinn Féin, believing that party was not committed enough to socialism.

[18] Éirígí has organised protests against the visits of Britain's Queen Elizabeth and Princess Anne to Ireland.

[24] In 2021 Éirígí successfully brought legal action against the Irish state broadcaster RTÉ after the programme Prime Time featured a segment in which social commentator John McGuirk stated that members of Éirígí had been involved in the murder of Lyra McKee.

[25] Inactive Defunct The party seeks the removal of Northern Ireland from the United Kingdom,[26] and the establishment of a 32-county republic based on socialist principles.

The party opposes the Israeli occupation of Palestine, and supports the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.

[30] It campaigned for the United Kingdom to leave the European Union, describing the EU as "very much anchored in Neo-Liberal policies such as privatisation and austerity and programmes that have been enforced on countries such as Greece and Spain".