The Pirate Party

The Pirate Party represents a modern outlook on society. It is the only party which accounts directly for the current state of information and technology, and its influence on everything in todays society from communication, enterprise, public administration and creative culture.

History

The first Pirate Party (Piratpartiet) was formed in Sweden in 2006, and inspired the growth of Pirate Parties all over Europe and then the rest of the world. The international Pirate Party movement made great advances in 2009 when the Swedish Piratpartiet gained a seat in the European Parliament with a second seat on the entry into force of the Treaty of Lisbon.

The Irish Pirate Party has been a dream in the minds of several people from as far back as 2007 but did not get the push it needed to get off the ground until mid 2009. The Party has grown from a handful of like-minded souls to what it is today.

Though the Party has not reached the membership count required to register as an official political party in Ireland it hopes to reach that mark in the near future.