Council of the Party allowed themselves to be frightened or fooled into handing over control to a self-styled Dublin Executive, from whom they took their orders." They also stated that "those who wrecked the Labour Party four years ago, and had previously, by their policy of intrigue sought to make it their mouthpiece for Communist propaganda, cannot be permitted to continue their activities under cover of a democratic political organisation." National Labour also condemned the alleged influence of British trade unions in the Labour Party. Seamus O'Farrell was General Secretary of the National Labour Party that year. National Labour won five seats in the 1948 election. After the election, the National Labour Party entered the First Inter-Party Government, against the wishes of the ITGWU. The party was in government with four other parties, including the Labour Party. National Labour was represented at cabinet level by James Everett, now its leader, as Minister for Posts and Telegraphs. Co-operation in government, the retirement of O'Brien and the death of Larkin removed the causes of animosity from the labour movement. In 1950, the National Labour Party folded back into Labour. In 1951, James Ryan of Fianna Fail criticised National Labour's decision to re-join Labour. List of National Labour candidates General election results See also :Category:National Labour Party (Ireland) politicians References Sources Barberis, Peter, John McHugh and Mike Tyldesley. Encyclopedia of British and Irish Political Organisations. London: Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005 , Manning, Maurice. Irish Political Parties: An Introduction. Dublin: Gill and Macmillan, 1972 External links Defunct political parties in the Republic of Ireland Political parties established in 1944 Political parties disestablished in 1950 1944 establishments in Ireland 1950 disestablishments in Ireland Labour parties in Ireland