Green Party
Leader	John Gormley
Founded	1981
Headquarters	16-17 Suffolk Street, Dublin 2
Political Ideology	Green politics
International Affiliation	Global Greens
European Affiliation	European Green Party
European Parliament Group	n/a
Colours	Green and Gold
Website	www.greenparty.ie
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The Green Party (Irish: Comhaontas Glas; lit. Green Alliance) is a green political party in Ireland. 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 in 1987 was renamed to its current title. It has succeeded in getting candidates elected to all levels of government; local, Dáil and European Parliament, and in 2007 gained its first representation in the Northern Ireland Assembly, the Northern Ireland party having become a region of the Irish Green Party in the previous year. The Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland have systems of proportional representation called Single Transferable Vote, which gives smaller parties, such as the Green Party, more opportunity to gain representation. On June 14, 2007, following negotiations that agreed on a programme for government, the Green Party entered into government with Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats. The Green Party is the second-largest all-Ireland party, after Sinn Féin. Green parties around the world are formally organized political parties based on the principles of Green politics. ... Political parties Part of the Politics series Politics Portal This box:      A political party is a political organization that seeks to attain political power within a government, usually by participating in electoral campaigns. ... Year 1981 (MCMLXXXI) was a common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Gregorian calendar). ... Dublin city centre at night WGS-84 (GPS) Coordinates: , Statistics Province: Leinster County: Dáil Éireann: Dublin Central, Dublin North Central, Dublin North East, Dublin North West, Dublin South Central, Dublin South East European Parliament: Dublin Dialling Code: +353 1 Postal District(s): D1-24, D6W Area: 114. ... Christopher Fettes (born in 1937 in England) is an Irish teacher, Green politician and activist. ... This article is about the current Irish body. ... Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly, a six flowered linen or flax plant. ... The Green Party in Northern Ireland is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... Proportional representation (sometimes referred to as full representation, or PR), is a category of electoral formula aiming at a close match between the percentage of votes that groups of candidates (grouped by a certain measure) obtain in elections and the percentage of seats they receive (usually in legislative assemblies). ... This STV ballot for the Australian Senate illustrates group voting tickets. ... June 14 is the 165th day of the year (166th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach, lit. ... For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...

History

The party's first electoral outing was when 7 candidates contested the November 1982 general election under the Ecology Party banner, winning 0.2% of the vote. Following a name-change, they contested the 1984 European Parliament elections, with their party founder winning 1.9% in the Dublin constituency. The following year they won their first election when Marcus Counihan was elected to Killarney Urban District Council during the 1985 Local Elections. The party nationally ran 34 candidates and won 0.6% of the vote. The party continued to struggle until the general election of 1989 when the again renamed party won its first seat in the national parliament, the Dáil, when Roger Garland was elected in Dublin South. In the general election of 1997 the party gained a seat when John Gormley won a seat in Dublin South East. The Irish general election of November 1982 was held on November 24, 1982, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on November 4. ... The Irish general election of 1989 was held on Friday, June 15, 1989, three weeks after the dissolution of the Dáil on May 25. ... Roger Garland who was educated at Castleknock College, was the Green Partys first candidate to be elected to Dáil Éireann in 1989. ... Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Irish general election of 1997 was held on Friday, June 6, 1997. ... John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Dublin South East is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ...

However, it was not until the general election of 2002 when it made a breakthrough, getting 6 TDs (Members of Parliament) elected to the Dáil with 4% of the national vote. However, in the election to the European Parliament of June 2004, the party lost both of the European Parliament seats which it had won in 1994 and retained in 1999. In the 2004 local elections at county level it increased its number of councillors from 8 to 18 out of 883 and at town council level its number of councillors increased from 5 to 14 out of 744, a big breakthrough at local level for a small party. Its new councillors include Niall Ó Brolcháin, elected in Galway City, and J.J. Power, elected in Naas, which, when coupled with other elected representatives in Cork, Donegal, Louth, Wicklow, Clare, Carlow and Kilkenny, represents a breakout from its perceived traditional Dublin base. The Irish general election of 2002 was held on Friday 17 May 2002, just over three weeks after the dissolution of the 28th Dáil on Thursday 25 April by President Mary McAleese, at the request of the Taoiseach, Bertie Ahern. ... A Teachta Dála (Irish for Dáil Deputy, pronounced chock-ta dawla) is a member of Dáil Éireann, the lower chamber of the Irish Oireachtas or National Parliament. ... Elections to the European Parliament were held from June 10, 2004 to June 13, 2004 in the 25 member states of the European Union, using varying election days according to local custom. ... The 1994 European Parliamentary Elections were held in June across all 12 current European Union member-states. ... The 1999 election was the first election for the European Parliament after the enlargement of the European Union with Austria, Finland and Sweden. ... Niall Ó Brolcháin is an Irish Green Party politician, and a councillor for the South Ward of Galway City Council, elected in June 2004 with 10. ... J.J. Power is a Irish Green Party politican. ...

Leadership

Prior to 2001, the party did not have a national leader. At a special "Leadership Convention" in Kilkenny on October 6, 2001, Trevor Sargent was elected the first official leader of the Green Party. He was re-elected to this position in 2003 and again in 2005. Trevor Sargent (born July 1960) is a senior Irish politician. ...

Sargent resigned the leadership in the wake of the general election to the 30th Dáil. During the campaign, Sargent promised that he would not lead the party into Government with Fianna Fail. In the election outcome the party retained 6 Dáil seats, making them the most likely partner for Fianna Fáil. Sargent and the party negotiated a coalition Government and at the June 12th membership meeting to approve the agreement, Sargent announced his resignation as leader in fulfillment of his campaign promise. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Pronounced fee-na fall.) (English: Soldiers of Destiny) is the largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ...

In the subequent election, John Gormley became the new leader on July 17 2007, defeating Patricia McKenna by 478 votes to 263. John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Patricia McKenna is a Irish Green Party politican. ...

Current

The Green Party currently have six TDs. They are party chairman John Gormley, deputy leader Mary White, Trevor Sargent (who resigned as leader when the Green Party agreed to coalition with Fianna Fáil and the Progressive Democrats), Eamon Ryan (who attempted in 2004 to gain a nomination for election as President of Ireland), Ciarán Cuffe and Paul Gogarty. John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Mary White is the Irish Green Partys Deputy leader and a elected member of Carlow County Council for the Borris electoral area. ... Trevor Sargent (born July 1960) is a senior Irish politician. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach, lit. ... Eamon Ryan is an Irish Green Party politician. ... -1... Ciarán Cuffe (born 1963) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Paul Gogarty is a Green Party politican and has been a member of the Green Party since 1989. ...

The Green Party has strong links with its counterpart in Northern Ireland, the Green Party in Northern Ireland, which voted to become a region of the Irish Green Party in 2005 at its Annual Convention, and again in a postal ballot in March 2006. Brian Wilson, formerly a councillor for the Alliance Party, won the Greens' first seat in the Northern Ireland Assembly in the 2007 election. Although it is a member of the European Federation of Green Parties, the Irish Green Party has adopted a notably more eurosceptic stance than is usually articulated by the Federation. Northern Ireland (Irish: ) is a part of the United Kingdom lying in the northeast of the island of Ireland, covering 5,459 square miles (14,139 km², about a sixth of the islands total area). ... The Green Party in Northern Ireland is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... Brian Wilson is a politician in Northern Ireland who is the first Green Party member of the Northern Ireland Assembly. ... The Alliance Party of Northern Ireland (APNI), is a political party operating in Northern Ireland. ... The logo of the Northern Ireland Assembly, a six flowered linen or flax plant. ... The third elections to the Northern Ireland Assembly were held on 7 March 2007. ... The European Federation of Green Parties is an umbrella organization of green parties in Europe. ... Euroscepticism is scepticism about, or disagreement with, the purposes of the European Union, sometimes coupled with a desire to preserve national sovereignty. ...

The Green Party also has a youth wing, known as Young Greens, which has several hundred members in branches throughout the country. Founded in 2002, it campaigns for protection of the environment, human rights and more funding for education. It is closely associated with youth members of the Green Party in Northern Ireland. In 2004 it became associated with the Federation of Young European Greens. The Young Greens (Irish: Óige Ghlas) is the youth organisation of the Irish Green Party. ... The Federation of Young European Greens is the youth wing of the European Green Party. ...

At the 2005 National Convention, party delegates voted overwhelmingly not to enter a pre-election pact with the other main opposition parties Fine Gael and Labour. Their reasoning for this was that participation in such an alliance would drown out their voice and deprive them of vital transfers from other left-wing parties, most notably Sinn Féin. Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicised to ) (approximate English translation: Family or Tribe of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Dail (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership... Logo of the Irish Labour Party The Irish Labour Party (Irish: Páirti an Lucht Oibre) is the third largest political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...

Dáil Election 2007

Although the party's share of first preference votes increased by some 22% from 3.84% to 4.69% nationally in the 2007 general election, held on 24 May 2007, the party failed to increase the number of TDs returned. The party targeted fifteen constituencies with the aim of winning at least seven seats. Mary White won a seat for the first time in Carlow-Kilkenny becoming that constituency's first ever female TD. However, Dan Boyle lost his seat in Cork South Central leaving the party with the same number of TDs as before. The Irish general election of 2007 took place on 24 May 2007 after the dissolution of the 29th Dáil by the President on 29 April 2007, at the request of the Taoiseach. ... is the 144th day of the year (145th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... Mary White is the Irish Green Partys Deputy leader and a elected member of Carlow County Council for the Borris electoral area. ... Dan Boyle (born 1962) is an Irish Green Party politician. ...

• Carlow-Kilkenny : Mary White TD
• Cavan-Monaghan : Vincent P Martin MCC
• Clare : Brian Meaney MCC
• Cork East : Sarah Iremonger
• Cork North Central : Cllr. Chris O'Leary MCC
• Cork North West : Caroline Robinson
• Cork South Central : Dan Boyle
• Cork South West : Quentin Gargan
• Donegal North East : Frank Gallagher
• Donegal South West : Seán Ó Maolchalann
• Dublin Central : Patricia McKenna
• Dublin Mid West : Paul Gogarty TD
• Dublin North Central : Bronwen Maher MCC
• Dublin North East : David Healy MCC
• Dublin North West : Declan Fitzgerald
• Dublin North : Trevor Sargent TD
• Dublin North : Cllr Joe Corr MCC
• Dublin South Central : Tony McDermott MCC
• Dublin South East : John Gormley TD
• Dublin South West : Elizabeth Davidson
• Dublin South : Eamon Ryan TD
• Dublin West : Roderic O'Gorman
• Dún Laoghaire : Ciaran Cuffe TD
• Galway East : Máiréad Ní Chróinín
• Galway West : Niall Ó Brolcháin Mayor of Galway
• Kerry North : David Grey
• Kerry South : John Hickey
• Kildare North : Shane Fitzgerald MCC
• Kildare South : JJ Power MCC
• Laois-Offaly : Máire McKay
• Limerick East : Trish Forde Brennan
• Limerick West : James Nix
• Longford-Westmeath : Betty Doran TC
• Louth : Mark Dearey TC
• Mayo : Peter Enright
• Meath East : Seán Ó Buachalla
• Meath West : Brian Flanagan
• Roscommon-South Leitrim : Garreth McDaid
• Sligo-North Leitrim : Brian Scanlon
• Tipperary North : Paul McNally
• Tipperary South : Bernard Lennon
• Waterford : Brendan McCann
• Wexford : Tom Harpur
• Wicklow : Deirdre de Burca MCC

Carlow-Kilkenny is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... Mary White is the Irish Green Partys Deputy leader and a elected member of Carlow County Council for the Borris electoral area. ... Cavan-Monaghan is a constituency used in elections to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of parliament in the Republic of Ireland. ... County Clare Clare is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Cork East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Cork North Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... The Cork North West parliamentary area is a large rural 3 seat Dáil constituency. ... Cork South Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Dan Boyle (born 1962) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Cork South West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Donegal North East is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in the northern part of County Donegal. ... Donegal South West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in the southern part of County Donegal. ... John Philip Holland For other persons named John Holland, see John Holland (disambiguation). ... Dublin Central is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... Patricia McKenna is a Irish Green Party politican. ... Dublin Mid West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in County Dublin. ... Paul Gogarty is a Green Party politican and has been a member of the Green Party since 1989. ... Dublin North Central is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland, located in the capital city, Dublin. ... Bronwen Maher is an elected member of Dublin City Council for the Irish Green Party, representing the Clontarf ward. ... Dublin North-East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... David Healy canvassing in the Sutton area. ... Dublin North-West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, located in the northern area of County Dublin. ... Trevor Sargent (born July 1960) is a senior Irish politician. ... Dublin North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas, located in the northern area of County Dublin. ... Dublin South Central is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin South East is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Dublin South West is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... Dublin South is a parliamentary constituency in the Republic of Ireland. ... Eamon Ryan is an Irish Green Party politician. ... Dublin West is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Roderic OGorman is an Irish Green Party candidate for the Next Irish general election which is likely to be held in the Summer of 2007. ... The Dún Laoghaire parliamentary constituency is located in the south-western area of Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown in County Dublin, consisting of the area around the town of Dún Laoghaire. ... Ciarán Cuffe (born 1963) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... The Galway East parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the eastern half of County Galway, taking in the towns of Ballinasloe, Tuam and Loughrea and many other areas. ... The Galway West parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the western half of the Connacht county, in the heart of the Gaeltacht, taking in the towns of Galway City, Clifden and many other areas. ... Niall Ó Brolcháin is an Irish Green Party politician, and a councillor for the South Ward of Galway City Council, elected in June 2004 with 10. ... The Kerry North parliamentary constituency is located in the northern half of County Kerry, Ireland, taking in Tralee, Listowel, and Castleisland. ... The Kerry South parliamentary constituency is located in the southern half of County Kerry, Ireland, taking in Killarney, Caherciveen and Kenmare. ... For other persons named John Hickey, see John Hickey (disambiguation). ... Kildare North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... Shane Fitzgerald, a Irish Green Party politican, was elected to the Leixlip Town Council in the Irish local elections of 2004. ... Kildare South is a parliamentary constituency in Ireland, which elects three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish parliament). ... J.J. Power is a Irish Green Party politican. ... County Laois County Offaly Laoighis-Offaly (formerly Leix-Offaly, soon to be renamed Laois-Offaly) is a parliamentary constituency in the province of Leinster in the Republic of Ireland, which currently returns five Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Oireachtas (Irish Parliament). ... Limerick East is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... The Limerick West parliamentary constituency is located in the western part of the Munster county. ... For other people with similar names, see James Nix (disambiguation) James Nix is the Green Party candidate for Limerick West, Ireland, in the 2007 Dáil election. ... The Longford-Westmeath parliamentary constituency existed for many decades, but was dismantled in advance of the 1992 election. ... The Louth parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of the smallest county in Ireland, taking in Drogheda, Dundalk and Ardee. ... Mark Dearey is an elected member of Dundalk Town Council for the Irish Green Party. ... The Mayo parliamentary constituency spans the entire area of Mayo County Council in the Connacht county of Mayo. ... The Meath East parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ... The Meath West parliamentary constituency was created by the 2004 Constituency Commission Report on Dáil Constituencies and will come into being in the 30th Irish general election. ... County Roscommon County Leitrim Roscommon-South Leitrim is a new parliamentary constituency which will come into being at the 30th Irish general election (due no later than June 2007), and will elect three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann. ... County Sligo County Leitrim Sligo-North Leitrim is a new parliamentary constituency which will come into being at the 30th Irish general election (due no later than June 2007), and will elect three Teachtaí Dála (TDs) to Dáil Éireann. ... Tipperary North is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... Tipperary South is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... Waterford is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the Parliament of the Republic of Ireland. ... Wexford is a constituency represented in Dáil Éireann, the lower house of the Irish parliament or Oireachtas. ... County Wicklow Wicklow is a parliamentary constituency in the Ireland which currently elects Teachtaí Dála to Dáil Éireann. ... Deirdre de Burca is an Irish politician for the Green Party. ...

Fianna Fáil-Green Government

On 13 June 2007, Green delegates in the Mansion House, Dublin, voted 441 to 67 (with two spoilt votes) in favour of entering coalition with Fianna Fáil, reaching the required two-thirds majority. In the words of one speaker at the meeting, "almost nothing is better than nothing at all." The following day, the six Green Party TDs voted for the re-election of Bertie Ahern as Taoiseach. is the 164th day of the year (165th in leap years) in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 2007 (MMVII) is the current year, a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar and the AD/CE era. ... The Mansion House on Dawson Street, Dublin, is the official residence of the Lord Mayor of Dublin and has been since 1715. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Patrick Bartholomew Bertie Ahern (Irish: ; born 12 September 1951) is an Irish politician who, since 26 June 1997, has served as the tenth Taoiseach. ... The Taoiseach (IPA: or ) — plural: Taoisigh ( or ), also referred to as An Taoiseach[1], is the head of government of Ireland or prime minister. ...

This is the first time in the history of the Irish state that the Green Party have entered Government, and also the first time an all-island party has been in power in the Dáil. Dáil Éireann[1] is the lower house of the Oireachtas (parliament) of the Republic of Ireland. ...

It has two senior ministers John Gormley, Minister for the Environment, Heritage & Local Government and Eamon Ryan, Minister for Communications, Energy & Natural Resources. Trevor Sargent is the junior minister for Minister of State for Food and Horticulture. John Gormley (born August 4, 1959) is an Irish Green Party politician. ... The Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government is the senior minister at the Department of the Environment, Heritage and Local Government (Irish: ) in the Irish Government. ... Eamon Ryan is an Irish Green Party politician. ... The Minister for Communications, Energy and Natural Resources (Irish: ) is the senior minister at the Department of Communications, Energy and Natural Resources in the Irish Government. ... Trevor Sargent (born July 1960) is a senior Irish politician. ... A Minister of State, in the Republic of Ireland, is a junior minister of non-cabinet rank, attached to one or more Departments of State of the cabinet. ... The Minister of State, who has special reponsibilty for Food and Horticulture, is officially styled Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture and Food (with special responsibility for Food and Horticulture), and is a junior ministerial post in the Irish Department of Agriculture and Food. ...

Before their entry into government, the Green Party were vocal supporters of the Shell to Sea movement, the campaign to reroute the M3 motorway away from Tara and (to a lesser extent) the campaign to end United States military use of Shannon airport. Their entry into government has resulted in the de-emphasis of such issues. Shell To Sea is a campaign based in County Mayo, Ireland against the construction by Shell of a high pressure gas pipeline and a refinery at Bellanaboy which would process the gas from the Corrib Gas Field. ... Motorway symbol in UK, France and Ireland. ... The Hill of Tara (Irish Teamhair na Rí, Hill of the Kings), located near the River Boyne, is a long, low limestone ridge that runs between Navan and Dunshaughlin in County Meath, Leinster, Ireland. ... The armed forces of the United States of America consist of the United States Army United States Navy United States Air Force United States Marine Corps United States Coast Guard Note: The United States Coast Guard has both military and law enforcement functions. ... Shannon Airport (IATA: SNN, ICAO: EINN), or Aerfort na Sionna in Irish is an airport in Ireland. ...

External links

• Green Party Official website
• Green Party 2007 Election Manifesto
• RTÉ News: FF and Green Party agree programme for govenment (12 June 2007)

See also

• Category:Irish Green Party politicians
• List of political parties in the Republic of Ireland

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Represented in Dáil Éireann (166):	Fianna Fáil (78) · Fine Gael (51) · Labour Party (20) · Green Party (6) · Sinn Féin (4) · Progressive Democrats (2) There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ... There are a number of political parties in the Republic of Ireland, and coalition governments are common. ... Image File history File links Flag_of_Ireland. ... This article is about the current Irish body. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicised to ) (approximate English translation: Family or Tribe of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Dail (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is a social democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ... The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach, lit. ...
Represented in Seanad Éireann (60):	Fianna Fáil (28) · Fine Gael (14) · Labour Party (6) · Progressive Democrats (2) · Green Party (2) · Sinn Féin (1) The Seanad Chamber The Seanad meets in the former picture gallery in Leinster House. ... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicised to ) (approximate English translation: Family or Tribe of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Dail (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is a social democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Progressive Democrats (Irish An Páirtí Daonlathach, lit. ... For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...
Represented in the European Parliament (13 out of 732):	Fine Gael (5) · Fianna Fáil (4) · Labour Party (1)  · Sinn Féin (1†) Established 1952, as the Common Assembly President Hans-Gert Pöttering (EPP) Since 16 January 2007 Vice-Presidents 14 Rodi Kratsa-Tsagaropoulou (EPP) Alejo Vidal-Quadras (EPP) Gérard Onesta (Greens – EFA) Edward McMillan-Scott (ED) Mario Mauro (EPP) Miguel Angel Martínez Martínez (PES) Luigi Cocilovo (ALDE) Mechtild... Fine Gael (IPA: , though often anglicised to ) (approximate English translation: Family or Tribe of the Irish) and officially, Fine Gael - The United Ireland Party, is the second largest political party in the Republic of Ireland, presently forming the largest opposition party in the Dail (Irish Parliament), and claims a membership... Fianna Fáil - The Republican Party (Irish: ), commonly referred to as Fianna Fáil (IPA ; traditionally translated by the party into English as Soldiers of Destiny, though the actual meaning is Soldiers [Fianna] of Ireland[1]), is currently the largest political party in Ireland with 55,000 members. ... The Labour Party (Irish: Páirtí an Lucht Oibre) is a social democratic political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... For pre-Arthur Griffith use of the political name, see Sinn Féin (19th century). ...
Minor parties:	Christian Solidarity Party · Communist Party of Ireland · éirígí · Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party · Irish Republican Socialist Party · People Before Profit Alliance · Republican Sinn Féin · Socialist Party · Socialist Workers Party · Workers Party The Christian Solidarity Party (An Comhar Críostaí) is a political party in the Republic of Ireland without parliamentary representation. ... The Communist Party of Ireland (CPI; Irish: Páirtí Cumannach na hÉireann) is a small all-Ireland Marxist party. ... éirígí [eːɼiːɟiː] (Irish for arise and deliberately using lower-case é) is a socialist republican political party in the Republic of Ireland. ... The Fathers Rights-Responsibility Party is an Irish political party, registered in 2007. ... Irish Republican Socialist Party (IRSP) describes itself as a republican socialist party and claims to be both Marxist-Leninist and republican. ... The People Before Profit Alliance is an Irish political party, registered in 2007. ... Republican Sinn Féin (RSF) is a political party[2] operating in Ireland. ... The Socialist Party (in Irish Páirtí Sóisialach) is a political party active in Ireland. ... The Socialist Workers Party (Ireland) (SWP) is an Irish, Trotskyist political party. ... Categories: Ireland-related stubs | Irish political parties | Republic of Ireland political parties | Northern Ireland political parties ...
† Sinn Féin has a second MEP from Northern Ireland.