Mick Clifford: What would James Connolly make of Ireland's current left-wing parties?

RTÉ this week aired a documentary on the executed 1916 leader on the same day as reports emerged of the latest split in one of the myriad groups claiming lineage to Connolly.

There are few figures from Irish history who have been appropriated so widely and erroneously as much as James Connolly has. Photo: Time Life Pictures/Mansell/Getty Images

Where is James Connolly when he’s needed? On Wednesday, RTÉ aired a documentary on the executed 1916 leader. Also on Wednesday, reports emerged of the latest split in one of the myriad groups claiming lineage to Connolly.

Apparently, a group of prominent members of the political party People Before Profit have resigned from the Socialist Workers Network (SWN), which is described as “the long-standing Trotskyist movement that has been the driving force behind the party”.