Image via Wikipedia Senator Dan Boyle, Chairman of the Green Party, has tweeted the following: There is a questioning of trust and an adding to uncertainty that is making the basis for being in government much more difficult. Are we about to see a General Election? Will the Greens pull out? Reuters has picked up on this story also. I wonder will the EU-IMF be putting pressure on the Greens too stay in government? Election.ie is rightly asking where...
Image via Wikipedia Firstly I apologise for the lack of posting recently, I have been under pressure with College and work and other commitments. Anyway, today I was asked in an email about my stance on the attempt by Green Party Leader and Minister for the Environment to ban hunting in Ireland. Specifically the Meath Stag Hunt. Personally I am against Stag hunting. These are wonderful creatures. They are so beautiful and serene, we should be preserving them for...
Image via Wikipedia The Statement: Statement by Trevor Sargent TD A Ceann Chomhairle, I thank you for the opportunity to explain to the House the circumstances of the clinic enquiry I received in June 2008 relating to an assault in September 2007 which were partially reported in the media this afternoon. A victim of an assault came to me to voice his frustration at the slow progress being made with a case where he alleged he had been head-butted...
Image via Wikipedia I didn’t see this coming, but Green Senator Deirdre De Burca has resigned from the Green Party and the Seanad! This is the second high profile resignation this week. De Burca has left due to not being able to support the Government, in a statement she said: “I have written to my party leader, John Gormley, explaining to him the reasons for my resignation. I believe that we have lost our way as a party and have gradually...
Image via Wikipedia During the week I got confirmation that the Brian Cowen will be attending the Copenhagen Summit on Climate Change in December. Does this mean that Ireland is placing a large amount of importance on the conference or is Brian just playing along and supporting his Danish colleagues? I wonder could it be down to Green Party pressure that is attending or does not want John Gormley to get all the media attention, well Irish Media attention....
Image by jaqian via Flickr I never thought I would see an opinion poll like this in my life time. But Fine Gael are 17 points ahead of Fianna Fail in the latest Irish Time TNS/MRBI Opinion Poll. The full party ratings are as follows: Fianna Fáil 21% (-1) Fine Gael 38% (+6) Labour Party 20% (-4) Sinn Féin 9% (nc) Green Party 3% (-1) This is the first poll to have the Greens down. They are down where...
The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party Leader, John Gormley, launched a Green Paper Yesterday enititled “Stronger Local Democracy- Options for Change”. In his remarks on the announcment he had the following to say. “Stronger Local Democracy presents a set of options for change which share a strong common theme of renewing local democratic leadership. Local government in Ireland is capable of doing much more to meet the needs of local communities. The options...
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