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Worker's Party of Ireland (view source)
Revision as of 20:36, November 30, 2007
, 20:36, November 30, 2007added two sentences re defection of worker's party members to form Democratic Left party, and election of Sean Garland as party President
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.[http://www.village.ie/Ireland/Politics/Eoghan_Harris_and_the_Workers_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.[http://www.village.ie/Ireland/Politics/Eoghan_Harris_and_the_Workers_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.
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