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Sinn Féin The Workers Party, was the name adopted by "Official Sinn Féin" in 1977. In 1982 it was renamed "The Workers Party". Official Sinn Féin was the name commonly applied to what remained of Sinn Féin after Provisional Sinn Féin broke away in 1970. It was associated with the Official IRA, which similarly comprised those who remained part of the original organisation after the Provisional IRA was formed in 1969.
Members of the Official IRA split off in 1974 to form the Irish National Liberation Army and some INLA members subsequently established the Irish Peoples Liberation Organisation. Activities allegedly linked to the Official IRA and its political wing include money counterfeiting in Dublin during the 1980s. Officially the Official IRA has never disbanded or decommissioned.