Sign in. It’s quick, free and it’s up to you.
An account is an optional way to support the work we do. Find out more.
THE GREEN PARTY wants “a team” in the Dáil after the next general election and is targeting between four and five seats, according to its leader Eamon Ryan.
The former minister told TheJournal.ie this week that the party, which had its national political presence wiped out in 2011, plans to run a candidate in every constituency with Ryan himself targeting a Dáil seat in Dublin Bay South.
As for what the Greens could do if they do manage a successful electoral comeback, Ryan is keeping all options open:
Video: Michelle Hennessy/TheJournal.ie
There will be more from our interview with Eamon Ryan on TheJournal.ie later this week.
To embed this post, copy the code below on your site
My mother always said greens were good for you,boy was she wrong
To expand on your comment. They are not good for the environment either. I was at a debate on energy policy hosted by mep Marion Harkin in lucan before Xmas where Eamonn Ryan was completely exposed as having an extremely poor knowledge of a policy he is constantly backing in the media ( covering the country in masses of industrial wind turbines, pylons and high voltage power lines ). I had an electrical engineer on one side of me and a expert in environmental and planning law on the other and they basically made a fool of him. By the end of the debate (colm Mccarthy on the panel also), most of the crowd were just laughing at him..what a joke…A dangerous joke though. Don’t underestimate the damage these fools are capable of.
Colm McCarthy is a joke to be fair. I wouldn’t be using his wisdom to bolster an argument.
to be fair, sounds like a pretty biased panel
Please explain why. Bland Generic statements not allowed.
Do you agree or not agree that there is an energy bubble ?
Love the way the greens are talking g like they’re a significant force. They’ll be as much use a a single independent.
independents can have alot of influence
Why do the greens get such attention from this site and other media organisations. The people told them what we thought of them at the last election. Surely they and they high tax policies should be forgotten about.
The Greens, the PD’s and Labour should all make a coalition together! Call it the super friends club…
I used to vote for Green Party.
Never again, if they are prepared to do a deal with SF.
There is only room for one All-Ireland party in the Dáil.
well then why are the shinners part of the uk government?
Real Shinnerbot – Enda’s favourite Fake Troll – working full time on zero wages for his FG Fuehrer !
I used to vote for SF, never again if they do a deal with the Greens
Will have even more less money in our pockets if the greens get a seat.
That makes no sense …
We will be sent back to the dark ages pretty quickly.
Will be time to get the horse and carts out
You’re STILL here?
They are.
And polling higher than PBP & SP/AAA combined!
Red C polling?
Meeow.
Yeah….. Both the RedC & MRBI ones had the greens ahead.
The Greens have no policies other than “Lets put a tax on that”. NO way would i ever vote for them after they propped up FF while the country was being flushed down the jax
The greens left rural in awful hardship with their policies before they left government.
form a coalition and call it Simple Minds
We already have one of those :-)
i do pity those in the north alright living under a DUP/SF rule, then under westminsters rule, then under the queen rule. Its hilariously funny though SF/IR fought british rule, lost epically, surrendered and then became part of british rule- its like a monty python sketch its so funny :D
mrgillhouley – is demented today altogether – He has that awful Blueshirt Gerryphobia Virus and is obviously not taking his meds !
Poor mrgillhouley – he’s a ver sad case FG Troll !
Why would we want the greens back in after the last time
Their record in government is actually fairly good if you look at it objectively. There were a lot of loonies amongst their ranks though, i.e. the anti-fluoridation and anti-vaccination brigade. I’d consider them for a vote if they jettisoned that side of the party because in general their policies are fairly sound. They were unlucky to be in government for the bank guarantee and should have pulled the plug rather than go through with it. Then again, all the other parties except Labour were in favour of the guarantee so it’s a moot point.
They’ve never been anti-vaccine. There may be an individual member here and there who is (it’s a broad church with dedicated Marxists from Mayo sitting next to ex-PDs), like in any party, but they’d never support such dangerous anti-science nonsense.
They haven’t gone away you know either, unfortunately. What used to annoy me was the unelected Senator Dan Boyle getting so much airtime after being rejected at the ballot box by the people of Cork South Central in a General Election.
Agree fully on Dan Boyle. Jesus he was painful to listen to
He was a Senator and prominent member though. Take FG for example. Its most ever TDs and only a few are on tv. Most wouldnt recognise over half their TDs
Thanks again for enabling the Soldiers of Destitution, and for the sweet carbon tax.
The carbon tax is probably a good thing, isn’t it? It makes the polluter pay directly. I’m ok with that.
So old age people paying for fuel to hear their homes getting lumped with a tax to pay off bankers loans is a good thing
It’s got nothing to do with bankers. It’s an incentive to opt for energy efficient fuels and heating systems. I see nothing wrong with it.
If your view of the world is genuinely that simplistic, Brian, there’s very little I or anyone can do to help you.
Wise up.
You think that they would have got the hint last time. I can’t forgive them for creating a dual tier motor tax system and heaping on carbon taxes without there being a real alternative. Should be allowed anywhere near policy making. But then that goes for most of the civil service and current politicians
Their desperate. Is that the reason why?
Why do they think we d all 4get wot they done shower of idiots
Ryan and your lot get lost!
After paying my Car Tax for 40 yrs you and your loony greens and FF half wits passed a law forcing me to pay 951 Euro to tax my 10 yr old car while the wealthy who could afford NEW cars have to pay just 280 Euro per annum. The most obscene regressive tax law in the EU and far beyond. Even Turkey’s Car Tax Law requires lower car tax on older, less valuable cars, while new cars owners (wealthy) pay most. Its called a progressive tax system … those who can afford to, pay more!!!!!
Now it is revealed that I am not only paying for wealthy New Car owners to use Irish roads but also their Water Charges as part of the car tax revenue is now used to prop up Irish Water. Ireland a disgusting place to live!!!!
Note: ignore red thumbs from paid Political Parties’ trolls.
Taxes are based on emissions now which is surely much more sensible.
@Brian Leddin – you’re showing your ignorance of motoring and politics now……….cars are not taxed on emissions unless registered post Jan 1 2008. If you own a low emissions car pre that date, tough sh!t. My car is a 2005 low emissions car, and I get hammered for €951. The same car, reg’d Jan 1 2008 is a quarter of that.
That’s the GP for you.
The GP are a liability, and those who voted for them really have a lot to answer for.
What kind of car have you got? Mine is 18 years old and I only pay about 400 euro or so.
hows the electric car idea going Brian ?
The party of higher taxes, incompetence, and bank guarantee
Get elected first lads!
Its to late to apologise to late. Wait they didn’t. This the kind of greens that need global warming. To get rid of them since and for all.
Sinn Fein economic policy can easily accommodate any Green Policy, no matter what the cost, so long as it is popular.
The who?
Never forget what these half wits did to the motor tax system. These fools are also responsible for 23c extra on a litre of petrol on top of the already scandalous taxes on fuel. They also made coal more expensive among other things. Never vote for these fools again.
Is the Motor Tax system not better now?
Surely basing it on emissions and not engine size is the better way…I think so anyway.
Tell that to someone who bought their car in early ’08 paying over twice what someone who bought the exact same car a few months later pays.
Driving a car creates omissions not the car. A low omissions car driven around the clock causes more omissions than a higher omission car that’s driven now and again.
These tax breaks were brought in for those with money for new cars and those who couldn’t scrap their older car were made pay for it.
The light bulbs are crap
Thanks Eamon,you really made me laugh this morning.
Deliver real change, tell that to the pensioners who are paying more for coal due to carbon taxes. Eamon is still living in cloud cuckoo land.
Another reason to not vote green.
Here’s why…. they’re wh*res
The greens would go in with the Nazis if they could get enough seats out of it, in fact these days FG probably would again
The greens and SF should coalesce. They could call it guns and roses.
Mrgilltooly wots wrong wit simple minds jim kerr is a legend
Gillwhoever is doing a bit of self reflection there.
Anyone will do a deal with anyone because they all want the POWER .. The electron promise is an undisguised lie now, the naive persons vote is as good as the thinking vote. It’s all about the power, let’s be careful out there.
I suppose their campaign manifesto promises to get rid of Man-Bear-Pig once and for all this time.
Would he ever just feck off…
Same old sneaky greens prepared to jump into bed with anyone to get into the Dail don’t worry ye will have company shortly when labour joins ye.
have your say