Irish Worker League

[2] The Comintern had strong ties with Larkin leading up to the creation of the IWL since he had led the Worker's Union of Ireland, a labor group that was a member of the Profintern.

In November 1926, Larkin attended a general assembly with the executive committee of the Communist International (ECCI) where he not only assured Moscow that the IWL would be what they viewed as a more proper party, but also boasted his successes as a labour leader.

[3] Larkin broke ties with the Soviet Union following the opening of a Russian Oil Products depot in Dublin, and cutting him out of the profits.

However, as a result of a libel award against him won by William O'Brien, which he had refused to pay, he was declared bankrupt and disqualified from taking up his seat.

[1] This was later coupled with the publication of The Irish Worker ceasing in 1925 which was the IWL's only journalistic means, which only served to weaken the party's potential for spreading information to the masses.