The Social Democrats become the second Irish political party to leave X

Green Party vow to no longer use X

8 January 2026

Green Party Councillor Ray Cunningham has announced that the party will no longer post on X, making them the first political party to depart the platform.

He said a “lack of moderation” and the promotion of “far right racist politics” has turned it into a “cesspit.” We had planned to just quiet quit and phase out posting over a couple of months. But, over the last couple of weeks, X has gotten drastically worse

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The party also confirmed that its leader, Roderic O’Gorman has also stopped using X.

The party does not seem to be active on Bluesky or Mastodon.

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