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| | | | Leader | Seán Garland | | | | Founded | 1982 | | Headquarters | 23 Hill Street, Dublin 1 | | | | Political Ideology | Marxism | | International Affiliation | none | | European Affiliation | none | | European Parliament Group | none | | Colours | Red, Green | | | | Website | www.workers-party.org | | | | See also: Politics of the Republic of Ireland Political parties in the Republic of Ireland Elections in Ireland Image File history File links Workerspartyireland. ...
Seán Garland (7 March 1934-) is president of the Workers Party of Ireland. ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Dublin (Irish: Baile Ãtha Cliath), is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Ireland, located near the midpoint of Irelands east coast, at the mouth of the River Liffey and at the centre of the Dublin region. ...
Quick Definition: Marxism is the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded by communism-- www. ...
Red is a color at the lowest frequencies of light discernible by the human eye. ...
Look up Green on Wiktionary, the free dictionary ALL YOU NEED IS MONEY MONEY MONEYGreen is a color seen commonly in nature. ...
The Republic of Ireland is a sovereign, independent state. ...
There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ...
The Republic of Ireland elects on national level a head of state - the president - and a legislature. ...
| The Workers Party (in Irish Páirtí na nOibrithe) is an Irish left wing political party that evolved from Official Sinn Féin. They have had limited electoral success, more so in the Republic of Ireland than in Northern Ireland. A political party is a political organization that subscribes to a certain ideology and seeks to attain political power within a government. ...
Official Sinn Féin (later renamed Sinn Féin the Workers Party) was a Stalinst political party which evolved from the split in Sinn Féin and the IRA that took place in 1970. ...
Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1...
In 1970 Sinn Féin split with the "Officials" focusing on Marxist principles, with the "Provisionals" focusing on achieving a united Ireland by force. In 1977 the Officials renamed themselves Sinn Féin The Workers Party, and in 1982 became simply The Workers Party. 1970 (MCMLXX) was a common year starting on Thursday. ...
The name Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish), which means ourselves or we ourselves (not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claims or claimed sole descent from the original...
Quick Definition: Marxism is the economic and political theories of Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels that hold that human actions and institutions are economically determined and that class struggle is needed to create historical change and that capitalism will untimately be superseded by communism-- www. ...
A United Ireland is the common demand of Irish nationalists, envisaging that the island of Ireland (currently divided into the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland) be reunited as a single political entity. ...
For the album by Ash, see 1977 (album). ...
1982 (MCMLXXXII) is a common year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Workers' Party operate in both Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland. They previously used the name Republican Clubs but now avoid any position on partition. Today, the main stronghold of the Workers Party is Waterford. Royal motto: Quis separabit (Latin: Who will separate?) Northern Irelands location within the UK Official languages English, Irish, Ulster Scots Capital and largest city Belfast First Minister Office suspended Area - Total Ranked 4th 13,843 km² Population - Total (2001) - Density Ranked 4th 1,685,267 122/km² NUTS 1...
The Partition of Ireland took place in May 1921. ...
Waterford (Irish: Port Lairge) is, historically, the capital of County Waterford in Ireland, though today the city is administered separately from the county, the latter having its seat in Dungarvan. ...
The political party Democratic Left, which merged with the Labour Party in 1999, evolved from the Workers Party in 1992. In Ireland, Democratic Left was a socialist political party active in both the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland between 1992 and 1997. ...
Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
On June 20, 2004, the BBC documentary program Panorama alleged that party president Seán Garland was involved in counterfeiting of U.S. dollars. On October 7, 2005, Garland was arrested by the Police Service of Northern Ireland at the party's annual conference in Belfast. He was released on bail pending an extradition hearing to the United States. The U.S. government alleges that Garland conspired with the government of the DPRK to import counterfeit $100 notes into the UK. June 20 is the 171st day of the year (172nd in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 194 days remaining. ...
2004 (MMIV) was a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national broadcaster of the United Kingdom. ...
Panorama is a long-running current affairs documentary series on BBC television, launched on 11 November 1953 and focusing on investigative journalism. ...
Seán Garland (7 March 1934-) is president of the Workers Party of Ireland. ...
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October 7 is the 280th day of the year (281st in leap years). ...
2005 (MMV) is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
The Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI) is the police service that covers Northern Ireland. ...
Belfast (Béal Feirste in Irish) is the second-largest city in Ireland. ...
Extradition is a formal process by which a criminal suspect held by one government is handed over to another government for trial or, if the suspect has already been tried and found guilty, to serve his or her sentence. ...
North Korea, known officially as the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK; Korean: Chosŏn Minjujuŭi Inmin Konghwaguk; Chosongul: 조선민주주의인민공화국; Hanja: 朝鮮民主主義人民共和國), is a country in eastern Asia, covering the northern half of the peninsula of Korea. ...
External links - Official web site
- PANORAMA - THE SUPER DOLLAR — transcript of BBC documentary
- Workers' Party president in counterfeit probe — RTÉ News article
Radio TelefÃs Ãireann (RTÃ; Irish for Radio and Television of Ireland) is the national publicly-funded broadcaster of Ireland. ...
| Political Parties in the Republic of Ireland | | Represented in Dáil Éireann: | Fianna Fáil (80) | Fine Gael (32) | Labour Party (21) | Progressive Democrats (8) | Green Party (6) | Sinn Féin (5) | Socialist Party (1) The Dáil Chamber Dáil Ãireann is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtà Daonlathach, literal back-translation: The Democratic Party) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ...
The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981. ...
The name Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish), which means ourselves or we ourselves (not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claims or claimed sole descent from the original...
The Socialist Party (in Irish Páirtà Sóisialach) is a political party active in Ireland. ...
| | Represented in Seanad Éireann: | Fianna Fáil (29) | Fine Gael (15) | Labour Party (5) | Progressive Democrats (5) Seanad Ãireann (English: Senate of Ireland), the Irish Senate, is the upper house of the Oireachtas: the parliament of the Republic of Ireland1. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The Progressive Democrats (in Irish An Páirtà Daonlathach, literal back-translation: The Democratic Party) is a free market liberal party in the Republic of Ireland founded in 1985. ...
| | Represented in the European Parliament: | Fine Gael (5) | Fianna Fáil (4) | Labour Party (1) | Sinn Féin (1) The European Parliament is the parliamentary body of the European Union (EU), directly elected by EU citizens once every five years. ...
Fine Gael (IPA in English and in Irish, approximate English translation: Family of the Irish) is the second largest political party in both the Republic of Ireland and Ireland as a whole. ...
Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (IPA ; English translation: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in Ireland. ...
The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtà an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...
The name Sinn Féin (pronounced in English, in Irish), which means ourselves or we ourselves (not as sometimes incorrectly translated, ourselves alone or we alone) has been applied to a series of political movements since 1905 in Ireland, each of which claims or claimed sole descent from the original...
| | Minor parties: | Workers Party | Socialist Workers Party | Communist Party of Ireland | Christian Solidarity Party | Republican Sinn Féin The Socialist Workers Party (Ireland) (SWP) is an Irish, Trotskyist political party. ...
The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI) is a very small all-Ireland marxist party. ...
The Christian Solidarity Party (An Comhar CrÃostaÃ) is a political party in the Republic of Ireland without parliamentary representation. ...
Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) is a minor political party operating in Ireland. ...
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