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===Leadership=== When [[Michael O'Leary (politician)|Michael O'Leary]] resigned as party leader after the [[February 1982 Irish general election|February 1982 general election]], Spring allowed his name to go forward in the leadership contest. He defeated [[Barry Desmond]] and [[Michael D. Higgins]], but inherited the leadership of a deeply divided party. Spring was a strong opponent of anti-coalition politics and systematically removed [[Trotskyist]] activists from the party. Most notably he expelled the Militant Tendency in 1989 (which later became [[Socialist Party (Ireland)|Socialist Party]]), including [[Joe Higgins (politician)|Joe Higgins]] and [[Clare Daly]].
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