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A new political alliance targeting voters who have been “failed” by the system will be launched in two weeks, the Irish Mirror can reveal.

The group will include Independents Shane Ross and John Halligan and former Labour TD Roisin Shortall.

The move follows a meeting on Wednesday night in Agriculture House in Dublin where deputies outlined their plans.

Mr Ross, Mr Halligan, Catherine Murphy and Thomas Pringle met with Ms Shortall, Tommy Broughan and Patrick Nulty to discuss the alliance.

Finian McGrath, Maureen O’Sullivan and potentially Stephen Donnelly are also set to join the group which is currently being referred to as the Independent Community Network.

The alliance also looks set to recruit two senators – Jillian Van Turnhout and Professor John Crown – and possibly MEP Nessa Childers. It is aiming to run at least 30 to 40 councillors in the local elections in May.

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Members of the group, which they are insisting is not a political party, will be asked to sign up to a document outlining their strategy on human rights, political reform and equality.

There is no official name for the alliance yet but members are considering Independent New Vision and its website will be launched in two weeks.

Waterford TD Mr Halligan said the group wants to offer another option to people who are frustrated at political parties.

He added: “If you look at Irish society, we believe they have been failed by the main parties and failed by five austerity budgets.

“We are offering a new radical way of thinking and independence in the Dail that may be able to bring something different to the State.

“We are not going to say we can solve everything, it may not work, but all of us agreed we need to do something.”

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The alliance could be a political firecracker and blow Lucinda Creighton’s Reform Alliance out of the water.

The group could also attract huge attention from the general public with well-liked TDs Mr Ross and Ms Shortall throwing their weight behind it.

The document each member will have to sign calls for a “new inclusive way of practising politics” promising transparency and honesty.