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Members of the party infiltrated Trades Unions and the State broadcasting company RTE in order to increase the influence of the party.  By 1989, the party had seven TDs in [[Dail Eireann]].  [[Eoghan Harris]], [[Pat Rabbitte]], [[Sean Garland]], and [[Eamon Gilmore]] were prominent members of the party.  The party had close links to the [[Soviet]] Communist Party and to the [[North Korea]]n Communist Party.    In 1992, following the collapse of European [[communist]] regimes, 6 of the party's TDs left to form the Democratic Left party, in 1999, this party merged with the Irish Labour Party.

Members of the party infiltrated Trades Unions and the State broadcasting company RTE in order to increase the influence of the party.  By 1989, the party had seven TDs in [[Dail Eireann]].  [[Eoghan Harris]], [[Pat Rabbitte]], [[Sean Garland]], and [[Eamon Gilmore]] were prominent members of the party.  The party had close links to the [[Soviet]] Communist Party and to the [[North Korea]]n Communist Party.    In 1992, following the collapse of European [[communist]] regimes, 6 of the party's TDs left to form the Democratic Left party, in 1999, this party merged with the Irish Labour Party.

Following the defection of many of it's members to form the Democratic Left, the Worker's Party lost most of it's political influence.  The party continued to exist however, and in 2000, Sean Garland was elected President of the Party.  It was alleged that he was also leader of the Official [[IRA]] which was covertly associated with the party since the 1970s.  In October 2005,he was arrested in [[Belfast]] on foot of a [[U.S.]] extradition warrant.  U.S. authorities alleged that Garland was involved in a massive counterfeiting operation with [[North Korea]] to produce forged 100 Dollar notes, so called "Superdollars".  The objective was, allegedly, to make criminal profits and to undermine the currency of the U.S..  Garland was given bail and he then broke his bail conditions by fleeing  to the [[Republic of Ireland]].  As of December 2007, he has not been extradited to the U.S.   

Following the defection of many of its members to form the Democratic Left, the Worker's Party lost most of its political influence.  The party continued to exist however, and in 2000, Sean Garland was elected President of the Party.  It was alleged that he was also leader of the Official [[IRA]] which was covertly associated with the party since the 1970s.  In October 2005,he was arrested in [[Belfast]] on foot of a [[U.S.]] extradition warrant.  U.S. authorities alleged that Garland was involved in a massive counterfeiting operation with [[North Korea]] to produce forged 100 Dollar notes, so called "Superdollars".  The objective was, allegedly, to make criminal profits and to undermine the currency of the U.S..  Garland was given bail and he then broke his bail conditions by fleeing  to the [[Republic of Ireland]].  As of December 2007, he has not been extradited to the U.S.   

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