Farage was co-president. The EFDD dissolved in mid-2019. Kelly, who is from Northern Ireland in the United Kingdom, supports Ireland leaving the European Union (an 'Irexit'), and is the President of the Irish Freedom Party, a party that advocates the same position. He contested the 2019 European Parliament election in the Dublin constituency, receiving 2,441 (0.67%) first preference votes and was eliminated on the fourth count. As of 2021 Kelly was serving as press officer to Romanian MEP Cristian Terheș of the European Conservatives and Reformists group, who has consistently declined to show an EU Digital COVID Certificate or proof of testing upon entering the European Parliament. Political views Kelly advocates for Ireland to leave the European Union and for a united Ireland. In a 2019 interview, he said: "It's not just about leaving the EU, it's about more basic things. It's about freedom of speech, something that's under attack in Ireland, it’s about encouraging work, encouraging families and encouraging people to have children". Kelly is fiscally conservative, and has questioned the financial cost of Ireland's EU contributions. His party, the Irish Freedom Party, is anti-abortion, pro-natalist and "supportive of stable families for procreation". Kelly has described his views as representing "Irish Catholic nationalism". He described State redress for victims of institutional abuse as "a State-sponsored ATM machine". Some outlets have linked Kelly with alt-right ideologies, pointing to a YouTube interview in which Kelly appeared alongside far-right British Loyalist and former British National Party member Jim Dowson. In the video Kelly stated that "[they want to] kill Irish kids and [..] replace them with every nationality who wants to come into our country", a statement which several news outlets associated with the white nationalist "great replacement" conspiracy theory. This followed a similar interview, in January 2019 with LifeSiteNews, in which Kelly denounced what he called the "great replacement of our children". In a 2019 Twitter post, Kelly stated that "those talking about a Great Replacement in Ireland have a point". Later in 2019, Kelly stated that, before an Irish government could make policy changes which result in "population increases [..] immigration or otherwise, it must first consult the people of Ireland". He used the phrase "abort and import" to describe Sinn Féin immigration policy. In interviews and Twitter posts, Kelly has stated that he does not support the idea of separate races or racial superiority, while also advocating for a