Independent Fianna Fáil

The group also briefly had a senator, James Larkin, which was part of the confidence and supply agreement made with Fianna Fáil after the February 1982 general election.

Blaney served as chair of the group along with the Italian Radical Marco Pannella and Danish left-wing Eurosceptic Jens-Peter Bonde.

IFF had also had representation on Roscommon County Council – where Paddy Lenihan, brother of Mary O'Rourke and uncle of Brian Lenihan Jnr, defected from Fianna Fáil – and on Leitrim County Council where Larry McGowan also defected, both doing so in 1981.

[10] Blaney's nephew Niall Blaney was elected as an Independent Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for the constituency in 2002,[7] and in the 2004 local elections there were two IFF county councillors – both members of Donegal County Council – and two town councillors, one a member of Letterkenny Town Council and one a member of Buncrana Town Council.

[10][12] Jackie Healy-Rae, TD for Kerry South, ran under the banner of Independent Fianna Fáil,[13] using the name on his posters and flyers as part of the canvass for the 2007 general election, although he had no connection to Neil Blaney's Independent Fianna Fáil.