Green Party (Ireland)

Green Party
Comhaontas Glas
LeaderEamon Ryan
ChairpersonPauline O'Reilly
Deputy leaderCatherine Martin
Northern Ireland LeaderMalachai O'Hara
Founders
Founded3 December 1981 (1981-12-03) (as Ecology Party of Ireland)
Headquarters16–17 Suffolk Street, Dublin, Ireland
Youth wingYoung Greens
Membership (2020)Increase 4,721[2]
IdeologyGreen politics[3]
Political positionCentre-left[4]
European affiliationEuropean Green Party
International affiliationGlobal Greens
European Parliament groupGreens–European Free Alliance
AffiliateGreen Party Northern Ireland
Colours  Green
Dáil Éireann
12 / 160
Seanad Éireann
5 / 60
Northern Ireland Assembly
0 / 90
Local government in the Republic of Ireland
45 / 949
Local government in Northern Ireland
5 / 462
European Parliament (Republic of Ireland seats)
2 / 13
Website
www.greenparty.ie

The Green Party (Irish: Comhaontas Glas, lit.'Green Alliance') is a green[3] political party that operates in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It holds a pro-European stance.[5] It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and adopted its current English language name in 1987 while the Irish name was kept unchanged. The party leader is Eamon Ryan, and the deputy leader is Catherine Martin and the cathaoirleach (chairperson) is Pauline O'Reilly. Green Party candidates have been elected to most levels of representation: local government (in both the Republic and Northern Ireland), Dáil Éireann, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the European Parliament.

The Green Party first entered the Dáil in 1989. It has participated in the Irish government twice, from 2007 to 2011 as junior partner in a coalition with Fianna Fáil, and since June 2020 in a coalition with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. Following the first period in government, the party suffered a wipeout in the February 2011 election, losing all six of its TDs. In the February 2016 election, it returned to the Dáil with two seats.[6] Following this, Grace O'Sullivan was elected to the Seanad on 26 April that year of 2016 and Joe O'Brien was elected to Dáil Éireann in the 2019 Dublin Fingal by-election. In the 2020 general election, the party had its best result ever, securing 12 TDs and becoming the fourth largest party in Ireland.

  1. ^ a b c Cite error: The named reference origins-of-the-green-party was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Green Party Ireland [@greenparty_ie] (11 September 2020). "With a growing parliamentary team and a membership that's surged from 400 to almost 5000, the Green Party is at a pivotal moment, and it's vital we hear from you, our members. Join us online on Sept 19th to chart the next course in our party's development. https://bit.ly/3mapyK5" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  3. ^ a b Nordsieck, Wolfram (2020). "Ireland". Parties and Elections in Europe. Archived from the original on 7 January 2019. Retrieved 29 April 2018.
  4. ^ Flach Kelly (31 March 2016). "Greens end talks with Fine Gael on forming government". The Irish Times. Archived from the original on 6 March 2020. Retrieved 7 June 2019.
  5. ^ "Ireland". Europe Elects. Archived from the original on 1 April 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2019.
  6. ^ "Green Party back as Eamon Ryan joins his deputy in Dáil". thejournal.ie. 28 February 2016. Archived from the original on 14 December 2019. Retrieved 29 February 2016.

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