 In 2009 more people joined the discussions and shortly thereafter the party set up its own website, inititially in the format of a forum.The party claimed to have exceeded membership of 300 on the 30 May 2010, the minimum required number to register as a political party in the country.However, in the run-up to the 2011 Irish election, the party was not able to hold a national convention in order to fulfill one of the requirements of registration.