Leitrim Green Party member backs Minister Ryan decision not to attend no-confidence vote in Justice Minister
A Green party representative in the North West has expressed her satisfaction that the leader of the Party will not travel back to Ireland for the no-confidence motion in Justice Minister Helen McEntee tomorrow. Environment Minister Eamon Ryan – who’s currently attending COP28 in Dubai – was planning to…
Local Green Party member challenges opposition TD’s to provide alternative solutions on the environment
A local Green party representative has strongly hit out at those calling for the Greens to be banished from office and the country. The Rural Independents say some of the Green’s policies are based on hypocrisy and madness, and are ‘ripping the heart and soul out of rural Ireland’.…
€2m allocated to retrofit homes across the north west
Just over €2m has been allocated for the north west to bring 64 homes up to modern energy efficient standards. The money comes from the national €35m Energy Efficiency Retrofitting Programme for Social Housing with the programme for government aiming to upgrade 500,000 homes by 2030. Dr. Bláithín Gallagher, National…
Green party encourage women to play active role
A leading Green party member in the north west has defended the fact that the party only spent 500 euro of state funding on promoting the participation of women in politics last year. The revelation was contained in the party’s declaration to the standards in Public office Commission. …
Green Party say ‘national government is best in times of crisis’
The Green party have once again expressed their desire for the formation of a national government to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic. The party’s chairperson, former Sligo/ Leitrim General Election candidate Blaithin Gallagher says now is the time for the various politicians to put their political differences one side and…
Concerns raised for those in direct provision
A former Sligo/Leitrim General Election Candidate and the National Coordinator of the Green party has raised concerns for those living in Direct Provision during the Covid-19 Pandemic. Bláithin Gallagher has raised the concerns after it was confirmed that there are now two confirmed cases of people with Covid-19 in…
Dr.Gallagher calls for full review of forestry model
The current model of industrialised single exotic species of trees is damaging our rural societies. That’s according to Sligo/Leitrim/South Donegal and North Roscommon general election candidate, Green Party candidate Dr. Bláithin Gallagher. Speaking after a Green Party North West meeting in the Glasshouse Hotel in Sligo, Gallagher called for a…