Party Profile: Workers’ Party

The Workers Party is a small left-wing party running 5 candidates in the General Election; Cllr Eilis Ryan (Dublin Central), Cllr Ted Tynan (Cork North-Central), Lorraine Hennessy (Dublin Mid-West), Jimmy Dignam (Dublin North-West) and Seamus McDonagh (Meath East). Originally known as Official Sinn Fein following the 1970 split in Sinn Fein and the IRA, it…