joined the republican movement at seventeen, serving as national organiser for Clann na hEireann in 1971-2 and for Repsol subsequently. He edited Irish People 1977-1982 and served on the national executive of SFWP and of the WP from 1978-1983. He worked as a journalist with The Irish Times from 1983-1989 and with Coalition des Gauches in the European Parliament from 1989-90 for Proinsias De Rossa, returning to The Irish Times 1990-2002. He took early retirement in 2002 and has worked since as media adviser to various organisations, mainly trade unions.
Padraig Yeates: The Rise and Fall of the Workers Party