Ted Neville

Ted Neville (born ) He stood, unsuccessfully, as an independent anti-immigration candidate in three general elections in Cork South Central in 2002, 2007, and 2011. He also contested the 2004 local elections in Cork City, receiving 110 first preference votes and being eliminated on the second count. He was involved in efforts to establish a party known as the Irish Solidarity Party in 2011. An article in The Herald from 2011 commented on the "lunacy" of his stance on immigration, stating that Neville had himself previously been "an illegal immigrant in America".
Neville was later involved with the now-defunct political party Identity Ireland, and was the party's spokesman in 2015. As of 2024, he is a member of the National Party.
Views
In 2002, Neville described Ireland as "the maternity ward of Africa" and argued that "the influx of foreign cultures will destroy Irish society". He called for a referendum to remove birthright citizenship. A 2004 referendum on citizenship rights, relating to the Twenty-seventh Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, was called and supported by the then Fianna Fáil-Progressive Democrats coalition government and passed by an 80:20 margin.
Neville attributed the 2008 financial crash to "mass-immigration" and has described Ireland as a "welfare wonderland" and a "Mecca for overseas welfare tourists".
Personal life
According to his election materials, Neville is a science graduate from Cork RTC (now Munster Technological University). Since 2000 he was involved with the Irish Real Tennis Association and served as its secretary.

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