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man on the outside
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trying to rebuild
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Political Attacks
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big interview
'We're back already': Eamon Ryan says Green demise isn't like last time
As he prepares to leave frontline politics, Eamon Ryan sat down with journalists for an in-depth interview.
He shared what he thinks about Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil and his advice for the next climate minister - some serious, some amusing.
As for the Green Party, he feels it is "back" already despite its election defeat - and talks about how he thinks it was "attacked from behind".
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Parnell Cultural Quarter
After a decade, plans are finally progressing for the new €100m City Library in Dublin
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Blanchardstown
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the wee baby donkey
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11 Dec 2024
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grass is always greener
'We could've used our elbows a bit more': Ciarán Cuffe on the Greens' demise and new EU role
10 Dec 2024
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Green shoots
Back in the game? Ciarán Cuffe is bidding to become co-leader of the European Greens today
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release roderic
O'Gorman 'very unlikely' to go back into government but urges Labour and the SocDems to discuss
6 Dec 2024
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PodcastThe Explainer
What will the Green Party's wipeout mean for climate action in Ireland?
Which party is best placed to fill that void and take the action that is needed? And why don’t we see more parties which focus on climate and environmental issues?
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Losing the Greens from government: 'Climate Change hasn’t gone away, you know'
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Updated
3 Dec 2024
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last green standing
Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman holds onto his seat in Dublin West after nail-biting count
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1 Dec 2024
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1 Dec 2024
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1 Dec 2024
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it's not easy being green
Green Party struggling as junior ministers Joe O'Brien and Ossian Smyth eliminated
Updated
30 Nov 2024
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28 Nov 2024
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Irish emigrants: 'There's not a single thing a government could do to lure me back home'
28 Nov 2024
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Green Party
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27 Nov 2024
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Transport
Greens want a new Office of Punctuality (but concede it sounds like something out of Harry Potter)
21 Nov 2024
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18 Nov 2024
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16 Nov 2024
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O'Gorman defends 'legitimate' objection made by Green Party housing TD to 330 homes in Dublin
16 Nov 2024
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GE2024Public Service Broadcasting
Greens and Labour call on RTÉ to host a climate debate as part of general election coverage
13 Nov 2024
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GE2024strife
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Updated
11 Nov 2024
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O'Gorman says Fine Gael would rather a less 'robust' coalition partner than the Green Party
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Teaching union INTO have condemned O’Leary’s ‘outrageous and insulting’ remarks.
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10 Nov 2024
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electric vehicles
Green Party promise to facilitate cut in electricity prices for EV owners if reelected
10 Nov 2024
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The first day of the 2024 general election campaign is in full swing.
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9 Nov 2024
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FactCheck
How Roderic O'Gorman is targeted with homophobic slurs and misinformation about missing children
5 Nov 2024
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CLIMATE FUND
Final Cabinet meeting before Dáil dissolved turns sour as Harris and Martin block Green proposals
5 Nov 2024
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US Election
O’Gorman weighs in on US election stating Trump 'would be a disaster' for Ireland
4 Nov 2024
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Green's manifesto proposes Help-to-Buy expansion to renters who want to buy home from their landlord
3 Nov 2024
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ge24
'Elbows are out' as tensions rise among government parties facing into election showdown
2 Nov 2024
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shades of green
Green Party among signatories calling on Green candidate Jill Stein to step aside in US election
1 Nov 2024
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next government
Green leader 'certainly open' to new coalition with FF and FG as Labour warn of 'conservative coalition'
29 Oct 2024
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Elections
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election speculation
Taoiseach says he expects general election to take place in 2024
Updated
20 Oct 2024
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Green Light
Taoiseach promises 'clarity' soon on election date as Roderic O'Gorman calls for 29 November
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