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
Groen (political party) Green parties, especially the German Alliance '90/The Greens, which has also been in government, although more successfully. Groen (political party) Groen (English: Green; , ), founded as Agalev (see name-section below), is a green political party in Belgium. Groen is often the smallest Flemish party represented in the federal, regional or European parliament. Its French-speaking equivalent is Ecolo; the two parties maintain close relations with each other. Many of the founders of political party Agalev came from or were inspired by the social movement Agalev. This movement was founded by the Jesuit Luc Versteylen, who had founded the environmental movement