Workers' Party Of Ireland
The Workers' Party (Irish: Páirtí na nOibrithe) is a left-wing republican political party in Ireland. Originating in the Sinn Féin organisation founded in 1905 by Arthur Griffith, it took its current form in 1970 after a split within the party, adopting its current name in 1982.
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