Vivion de Valera military service during "The Emergency", de Valera retired from the army with the rank of Major. In 1945, he embarked on a political career, being elected as a Fianna Fáil Teachta Dála (TD) for Dublin North-West. He served in Dáil Éireann until 1981. He was a director of "The Irish Press" from 1932 until 1982 and managing director from 1951 until 1982. Vivion de Valera died in Bray in 1982. He was also the uncle of former ministers Síle de Valera and Éamon Ó Cuív. Vivion de Valera Vivion Laurence de Valera (13 December 1910 – 16 February 1982) was
Irish Workers' Party (1926) Plough", edited by Roddy Connolly, and focused on work in the Irish National Unemployed Movement, but disintegrated later that year. It was dissolved in 1927 and many of the members (like Connolly) ended up joining the Irish Labour Party, others migrated back to the Irish Worker League and many others featured in other left wing, socialist and communist movements and parties, such as the Republican Congress. Irish Workers' Party (1926) The Irish Workers' Party was a communist party in Ireland. It was founded in 1926 by former members of the Communist Party of Ireland and other communists. Among its members