Ógra Fianna Fail

Ógra Fianna FáilIn the Irish language, the initial letter of a proper noun in the genitive, as in Fianna Fáil, is lenited, and therefore the grammatically correct spelling is Ógra Fhianna Fáil. is the youth wing of Fianna Fáil, a political party in Ireland. Within Fianna Fáil it is simply called Ógra (Irish for youth). It was founded in 1975 by party leader Jack Lynch under the guidance of party general secretary, Séamus Brennan. In the Republic, it is active in some major Third Level Institutes and in some Dáil constituencies. It began recruiting members in Northern Ireland, beginning on 25 September 2007 in Derry at Magee College of the University of Ulster, and proceeding to Queen's University Belfast the following day.

Organisation

Ógra is a full member of Fianna Fáil itself. The national leadership of Ógra is the National Youth Committee, which is elected at the National Youth Conference which takes place every year to 18 months.

Six members of the Youth Committee are on the Ard Comhairle (the national governing body) of Fianna Fáil. This also includes the Leas-Cathaoirleach who is elected by all the members, one representative from third-level institution branches, and one from each four regions Munster, Leinster, Connacht-Ulster and Dublin.

There are sixteen further members of the Youth Committee: three from each region and three from the third level sector. Ógra Fianna Fáil recently expanded into Northern Ireland and has...
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