Green Party ministers jetting off for Paddy’s Day.

I don't think going to Australia/new zealand by boat to watch the woman's world cup would be that practical...

Ryan is such a marvellous leader that the first thing the GP did after the last GE was organise a coup to get rid of him, and it came within a whisker of succeeding. That should tell you a lot about Ryan and also about the party he rebuilt single-handed.

I've voted green in the past, but never again. The real green positions have been taken on board by several other parties so they wouldn't be needed even if they weren't a toxic brand.

We’re a way too full of our self importance in Ireland. Other countries couldn’t give a fook about paddy’s day, it’s just an excuse for a pish up. I hope Ryan is being sent to Singapore on a ship to reduce his not so green footprint, hope he enjoys it, cause I doubt he’ll ever see the governing side of the dail again.

That would defeat the purpose of bringing in neutral non national poll watchers wouldn’t it.

Plenty of options in Canada and Mexico.

It is actually a boarder line cult

They Greenwash the hell out of things

It's strange that the biggest changes the Greens have made have resulted in the most "Un-green" outcomes

Blanket Emissions Tax on CO2, rather that tax on the fuel you use - This resulted in more polluting Diesel Cars being bought than ever before.

Privatization on waste collection - We've more dumping now than we've ever had before (This happened in 2012 officially after they were wiped out in the general election in 2011, but they'd started the ball rolling on that well in advance).

Cycling Policies have resulted in Dublin being one of the most congested cities in the world (Although the greens not totally to blame for that)

Finally, E10 and Net Zero Carbon by 2050 have potential to cause serious problems, E10 causes engines to run slightly hotter, Newer cars can cope with E10 but older ones might not fair so well even if the Manufacturer says they can.

Couple to all that, there's the infighting within the Green party itself. I'm still amazed people voted for them.

Ireland accounts for 0.11% of all the CO2 emitted, we don't need a green party

Cycling policies are the reason Dublin is congested. That's either supremely stupid or trolling.

So why don't they get the Ferry and High Speed Rail (If travelling in Europe)?

It was good enough for me back in December 2022, why can't they do it? (cheaper and more comfortable too might I add)

I take your point. It does take a long time to get there. (Time management is key)

It would be nice if we had a more modern/more weather capable version of the HSS. (That would be a "REAL" Green policy, Ferries and Rail are the greenest way to move People and Goods)

The Green Party are going to come back with either one seat, or zero in 2025.

It won't quickly be forgotten than in times of rising costs and runaway inflation, that the Green element of government insisted on penalising consumers with additional taxes, duties and levies, on home energy sources over which people have next to no option to change, instead of aggressively going after generation sources that have a smaller carbon footprint in the first place.

And do not come back and tell me that they are doing both, because if they were, we wouldn't be looking for emergency fossil fuel generating capacity and be facing brown-outs in the system.

The Greens are deluded, dogmatic and damaging to the economy and society.

If they want to fly abroad for Paddy's Day, let 'em strap on sets of wax wings and set course for the centre of the Sun.

I love how this thread and the Soc Dems one are fully of posters saying that these parties are going to be wiped out in the next election - but it's clearly more of a dearly held desire than an objective prediction.

90% of the voters didn't vote for either of those parties in the last election. So all of you saying how you'll never vote for them etc. Well you're in the majority (same as the non-voters for any other party are). Guess what, they don't need your votes to get elected. They need to get some votes sure, just not the ones of people driving themselves into a fury, writing messages complaining about them on this forum. They can safely ignore you, safe in the knowledge that they'd just be wasting their time when there are plenty of other people other there who are interested in their policies - even if you despise them.

What have greenpeace got to do with anything? I'm not familiar with them being bribed for anything but it's about as relevant to our own Green Party as some neoliberal politician being bribed in Brazil.

Green party has no connection to Greenpeace.

Greenpeace is not funded by oil companies.

Sure they are under threat rom SF in the next election and the Greens will almost certainly lose seats from their current high number. Neither party be wiped out though.

Whether people like it or not (and most people in this thread do not) the Greens are the go-to party for people who are concerned about the ever increasing danger to humanity and the natural world caused by climate change and the collapse in biodiversity. Yes they got wiped out in 2011 but that won't happen again for 2 reasons:

1. They were part of a government at a unique low in Irish history - the collapse of the banks, the housing market, the wider economy and the entry of the IMF to the country. Both government parties took the brunt of that at the next election
2. Green issues are seen as more important now than they were in 2011. Sinn Fein don't like taking unpopular decisions in general and especially when it comes to this area. They're against both carbon tax and water charges for example. That'll probably win them more votes that it will lose but the votes that they lose are more likely to vote Green.

+1.

It's just a yawn fest at this stage.

Lazy, lazy whinging.

There simply wouldn't.

One can recognise the huge unique opportunity St. Patrick's day affords the country to market itself while at the same time noting the hypocrisy of the greens for participating in it too.

One can especially note that green ministers are not going to nearby cities but the other side of the world.