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Green Party

Politics

Nervous government TDs push back on Green policies as SF rural support grows

The concern for rural government TDs stems from the ongoing efforts to limit emissions from agriculture, with significant disagreement within Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael over the proposals
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 16, 2022
Politics

Government wins motion of confidence by 85 votes to 66

Testy exchanges in Dáil as leader of the opposition accuses independent TDs who supported the government of betraying their constituents
  • Daniel Murray
  • July 12, 2022
Climate & Environment

Tensions flare in government over carbon emissions cuts

Senior Greens insist the farming sector must reach a level of 30% cuts, but Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil want the figure closer to 22%, due to pressure from farmers and rural backbenchers
  • Michael Brennanand
  • Daniel Murray
  • June 25, 2022
Climate & Environment

Irony and inconsistency in EU’s move away from Russian gas, Green MEP says

Europe is sourcing fuel from dodgy regimes in effort to reduce reliance on Russian imports, Ciarán Cuffe says
  • Sarah Taaffe-Maguire
  • June 21, 2022

Editorial: We must take our heads out the sand when it comes to our energy security

The Green Party has to accept that as we transition to renewable energy, gas will be a necessary part of our national energy security framework for many years to come
  • Business Post
  • April 17, 2022

Elaine Byrne: Could Greens’ dilemma over the cost of living see the coalition crumble?

The party's support comes from both middle-class homeowners and people trapped in the rental sector. That support might not hold together in the face of the pressures to come
  • Elaine Byrne
  • February 13, 2022

The great green homes gamble: can we retrofit 500,000 houses in just ten years?

The €8 billion home retrofitting plan unveiled by Eamon Ryan last week seems almost too big to fail, but will it overcome the ‘hassle factor’ in the public’s minds?
  • Michael Brennan
  • February 13, 2022

Doherty threatens to proceed with controversial peat harvesting bill

Private horticultural bill to allow practice to resume is co-signed by Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil senators, but has angered the Green Party
  • Michael Brennan
  • December 5, 2021

Pat Rabbitte: Keeping the coalition onside is the acid test for the Green leader

Our post-carbon future depends on whether Eamon Ryan can bring his government partners with him when various interest groups oppose implementation of the climate action plan
  • Pat Rabbitte
  • November 21, 2021

Red C poll: Rising prices drive support for Sinn Féin to high of 33 per cent

The government parties have lost out in the latest Red C poll, as concerns rise over the spiralling cost of living in Ireland
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 24, 2021

Michael Brennan: Ryan comes through Leaders’ Questions without taking any major hits

Green Party leader was predictably comfortable talking about climate action
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 21, 2021

New wildlife crime unit will take ‘zero tolerance’ approach

Up to six people will work with An Garda Síochána to tackle our ‘biodiversity emergency’ and help prevent destruction of the environment
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 17, 2021

Budget 2022: Climate change measures show the Greens have influence, but funding has yet to match intent

The coalition has stressed that the capital allocation to climate action was merely the start of a ramp-up in spending
  • Daniel Murray
  • October 12, 2021

Dáil vote on Ceta to be delayed until legal actions run course

The controversial trade deal between Canada and Europe has caused a schism within the Green Party
  • Daniel Murray
  • October 3, 2021

Green senator hopes to replace Chu as party chair

Pauline O’Reilly helped to table a motion of no confidence in Hazel Chu after she decided to run as an independent in a Seanad by-election
  • Michael Brennan
  • October 3, 2021

50/50 split over ratification of Ceta on Oireachtas European Affairs committee

One Green Party senator on the committee has gone against the government’s position on the trade deal with Canada
  • Daniel Murray
  • September 15, 2021

Pat Rabbitte: August wobble betrays coalition’s weak foundations

The weary government was just beginning to gain some equilibrium when the Zappone controversy knocked it for six. Can such a mismatched alliance survive the rough-and-tumble that inevitably lies ahead?
  • Pat Rabbitte
  • August 15, 2021

Green splinter group launches new eco-socialist political party

An Rabharta Glas has yet to elect a leader, but its aim is to ‘democratise and decarbonise’ Irish politics
  • Daniel Murray
  • June 6, 2021

Michael Brennan: Acid test of Greens’ peace deal will be what happens in Dublin Bay South

Hazel Chu insists there is ‘no squabble’ with Eamon Ryan, the Green Party leader, but time and the next general election will tell
  • Michael Brennan
  • April 12, 2021

Chu promised Green backers of her Seanad run that she would not quit the party

Green Party chair publicly toyed with joining Social Democrats and had said she would run for Dáil ‘one way or the other’
  • Aiden Corkery
  • April 4, 2021

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