Welcome to /r/social_democrats, a subreddit dedicated to coverage and discussion of issues relating to the Social Democrats party which was launched by TDs Stephen Donnelly, Catherine Murphy and Róisín Shortall in Dublin, Ireland in July 2015.

You can read about the Social Democrats [here](http://www.socialdemocrats.ie/about), and you can read their policy platform [here](http://www.socialdemocrats.ie/ideas).

The party's official website can be found [here](http://www.socialdemocrats.ie), and the party maintains official accounts on [Facebook](http://www.facebook.com/socialdemocratsireland), [YouTube](http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCNip8-SVof3Dr1Irn6S78nQ) and [Twitter](http://twitter.com/SocDems).

The reddit user account /u/SocialDemocrats is affiliated to the party and is one of the moderators of this subreddit.

/u/PM_FOR_SOMETHING has created an IRC channel for further discussion. Join the conversation [here](http://kiwiirc.com/client/irc.freenode.net/SocialDemocrats).

[Catherine Murphy](http://www.catherinemurphy.ie/) and [Rosin Shortall's] (http://www.roisinshortall.ie/) maintain personal websites where they regularly post blogs related to policy issues.

A list of TDs and councilors can be found [here](https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/tds-councillors/)

[Find Social Democrat representatives in your area](https://www.socialdemocrats.ie/find-soc-dems-in-your-area/)