Militant Labour was the name adopted by the Militant Tendency of the Irish Labour Party after its expulsion in 1989. The name Militant Labour was used by other sections of the Committee for a Workers' International

Committee for a Workers' International

The Committee for a Workers' International is an international association of Trotskyist parties. Members include the Socialist Party of England and Wales, the Socialist Party , the Socialist Party the Democratic Socialist Movement in South Africa and Nigeria and groups using the name Socialist...

 at the time. Militant Labour changed its name in 1996 to the Socialist Party

Socialist Party (Ireland)

The Socialist Party is a socialist political party active in Ireland. It is a member of the Committee for a Workers' International .Formerly known as Militant Tendency, then Militant Labour, it adopted the name The Socialist Party in 1996. From their foundation in 1972 until the 1980s, members of...

. Joe Higgins

Joe Higgins

Joe Higgins is an Irish Socialist Party politician. In the 2011 general election he was elected to Dáil Éireann as Teachta Dála for the Dublin West constituency, having previously served in that capacity from 1997–2007...

 ran as a Militant Labour candidate in the 1996 Dublin West by-election.

Sources

• Barberis, Peter, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley, 2005. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organisations. London: Continuum International Publishing Group. ISBN 0826458149, 9780826458148

• Leaflet from Militant Labour candidate Joe Higgins from the 1996 Dublin West By-Election