The Democratic Socialist Party was a small social-democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. It was founded by Jim Kemmy, an Irish politician and member of Dáil Éireann, after he left the Labour Party in 1972. Social democracy is a political ideology emerging in the late 19th and early 20th centuries from supporters of Marxism who believed that the transition to a socialist society could be achieved through democratic evolutionary rather than revolutionary means. ... Jim Kemmy (1936-1997) was a socialist politician born in Limerick, Ireland. ... A politician is an individual involved in politics. ... Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

The party had a political stance to the left of Labour, and was strongly opposed to nationalist positions regarding Northern Ireland. It also held a strongly secularist position, opposing the influence of the Catholic Church on issues such as contraception, divorce and abortion. An Irish nationalist is generally one who seeks (greater) independence of Ireland from Great Britain, including since 1921 the goal of a United Ireland. ... For an explanation of often confusing terms like Ulster, (Republic of) Ireland, (Great) Britain and United Kingdom see British Isles (terminology). ... Secularism means: in philosophy, the belief that life can be best lived by applying ethics, and the universe best understood, by processes of reasoning, without reference to a god or gods or other supernatural concepts. ... The Roman Catholic Church is the largest Christian body in the world. ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ...

The party never held any Dáil seats other than Kemmy's seat in Limerick, and in most general elections it only contested that consitituency and one constituency in Dublin. Its membership was also quite small, although its positions on Northern Ireland and the influence of the Catholic Church attracted members of the British and Irish Communist Organisation (BICO) to it. Limerick (Irish: Luimneach) is a city and the county seat of County Limerick in the province of Munster, in the midwest of the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin (Irish: Baile Átha Cliath),is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ...

It merged with the Labour Party in 1990. Many of the BICO members in the party later joined the Democratic Left when that party was established in 1992. 1990 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ... In Ireland, Democratic Left was a socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1992 and 1997. ... 1992 is a leap year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...