r/irishpolitics

25K archived posts · Apr 2012 – Sep 2026

Irish Politics

r/irishpolitics

r/irishpolitics is a forum dedicated to discussion of Politics in Ireland.

Created Apr 25, 2011

22KMembers (last snapshot)

25KArchived posts

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Standard reddit rules and guidelines apply here, as well as our sub specific rules: https://www.reddit.com/r/irishpolitics/about/rules/.

Homophobia, Racism or General Hate/Arseholery will not be tolerated.

Please be respectful even in disagreement!

If you have any suggestions or concerns please message the mods.

#Next Election &/or Referendum is:

TBD

#Guidelines:

1. Politeness, Politeness, Politeness:

This sub is intended for constructive, reasonable discussion. The best way to have such an experience is to be honest, polite and respectful from the outset.

2. Sectarianism:

We all have passionate beliefs and seeing that this is a discussion sub, the vast majority of users will like debate and argument. That is perfectly fine. However, if you feel so strongly over a topic that you cannot engage in discussion in a respectful, honest and decent manner, you may be better off not engaging in that particular discussion at all at all. Come to this sub with an open mind, not with a pet grudge.

3. Bygones are bygones:

We recommend users leave past disagreements at the door once a particular discussion ends. Grudge holding and bitterness only makes fruitful and enjoyable discussion less likely.

4.Debate etiquette:

We do not enforce a strict etiquette concerning debating tactics. However we recommend honest debate tactics. As well as that, we discourage consistent, unsubstantiated accusations of bad faith acting as that destroys discussion just as much as genuine bad faith argumentation does: it derails the conversation and distracts the opponents.

5. Editorialisation:

Posts presenting news articles/tweets shouldn’t be heavily editorialised.

Rules

[R1] Incivility, Hate Speech, Bigotry & Abuse r/irishpolitics encourages civil discussion, debate, and argument. Abusive language, overly hostile behavior and hate speech is prohibited on the sub. Hate speech includes, but is not limited to, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, racism, & ableism, explicit or implied. This list is inexhaustible
[R2] Relevant to Irish Politics This sub predominantly deals with the politics and society of the Republic of Ireland. Discussion concerning Northern Ireland and the United Kingdom and the European Union (when relevant to the ROI and NI) is permitted also. If you want to discuss affairs further afield, this is not the place.
[R3] Posting Limits & Spam In order to prevent individual users dominating the sub, users are allowed a maximum of four posts per day only, with the clock restarting at 3am each night. In addition, excessive posting on a particular niche topic in a very short period of time is not looked kindly upon and will be treated as spam. We also prohibit self promotional material being spammed into the subreddit.
[R4] Privacy Violation Any attempt at doxxing will result in a permanent ban.
[R5] News Editorialisation & Reliable Sourcing All news articles/content should be submitted as direct links; not contained within any self-text body, tweet(s), screenshot(s), archive website(s) etc. Submission titles should use the headline of the article being submitted, and should be changed only where it improves clarity or is absolutely necessary.
[R6] Heavily Biased Media Posts which are purporting to be news must maintain editorial standards, and present information with limited bias. In particular, media sources generally recognised as purveying misinformation may be removed. If a decent source is not available, please consider a self-post referencing evidence to the claims therein.
[R7] Trolling, Baiting, Flaming, & Accusations Trolling of any kind is not welcome on the sub, including commenting or posting with the intent to insult, harass, anger or bait and without the intent to discuss a topic in good faith. Do not engage with trolling. If you think that someone is trolling please downvote them, report them, and move on. Do not accuse users of baiting/shilling/bad faith/being a bot in the comments.
[R8] Older Articles When posting articles from outside the current year, please include the year of publication within brackets in front of the title.
[R9] Copyright Concerns Copying entire articles or substantial portions of them in comments is not allowed due to copyright concerns. The Automod replies to every post with an archive link which can be used to bypass the paywalls of most sites if needed.

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