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Entries Tagged as 'Green Party'

When 140 Characters won’t do

January 13th, 2011 · 3 Comments · Elections, General Election 2011, Green Party, Irish Politics

So I did say it was going to be a very long day. Worse off then when we started, people who are not going for re-election convince a Taoiseach who doesn’t reveal information and can’t run the country that he has done nothing wrong. So he’s going to have a chat with a load of […]

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Green Party State Board Appointees

January 3rd, 2010 · 23 Comments · Green Party, Irish Politics

Colin Coyle in today’s Sunday Times reports on the appointment by Minister John Gormley of two former Green Party Councillors to the board of the Private Residential Tenancies Board where they can earn up to €25,000 per year in fees and expenses. Indeed one of the former councillors was one of a few electoral successes […]

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Green Party rescue Equality Authority?

March 7th, 2009 · 5 Comments · Equality, Equality Authority, Irish Politics, Social Policy

Unfortunately I won’t be able to attend the Green Party Convention in Wexford this weekend. There is however excellent coverage online from bloggers and the Green Party themselves with livestreams, liveblogging, twittering TD’s and a convention blog page. Tonight party leader and Minister for Environment, John Gormley, welcomed delegates to the conference. He brought good […]

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