Editing Natural Law Party (section)

===Ireland===
The Natural Law Party became active in [[Republic of Ireland|Ireland]] in 1994 and was based in [[Dublin]]. The party leader was John <!-- he is not listed at [[John Burns (disambiguation)]] and probably not [[WP:NOTABLE]] -->Burns, who was one of nine Natural Law Party candidates in the [[1997 Irish general election|1997 general election]]. In addition, there were four candidates in the [[1999 European Parliament election in Ireland|European elections of 1999]].  Burns endorsed the alternative health system of [[Maharishi Vedic Approach to Health]] and the five European candidates gained about 0.5% of first-preference votes cast.  Burns, who also contested the [[1999 Dublin South-Central by-election]], spent only £163 on his campaign. After 1999, the party ceased to field candidates in Ireland.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.universitytimes.ie/?p=1686 |title=It could be worse: the craziest parties to never get elected |date=22 February 2011 |work=University Times |access-date=26 April 2018}}</ref> The amount of corporate [[political donations]] in 2000 was nil.<ref>{{Citation |title=Why it's a case of lusting at the hustings |date=29 May 2001 |url=http://www.independent.ie/unsorted/features/why-its-a-case-of-lusting-at-the-hustings-346892.html |work=Irish Independent}}</ref>