The Greens had six TDs compared to Fianna Failās 77
The nature of being a minority partner in a coalition government is that you canāt get your own way most of the time but you can hope to influence some things
The Green Party was not responsible for the financial crash in this country
Instead of kicking junior coalition partners who canāt implement much of their agenda, the public would be better off electing them in such numbers that they can lead a government and implement more of their policies
A fundamental rethink on what government is needed among the population - until that happens, itās just hamster on a wheel stuff
Iād be happy be with more water charges, more carbon taxes and a crack squad of militant feminist cyclists going around letting the air out of peopleās car tyres
Iād like to see the Green Party push for the Irish flag to be made entrely green on the following basis:
i) The orange bit represents high air miles for food - we need to cut down on this
ii) The orange bit is sectarian
iii) The white bit is racist
iv) An entirely green flag would be a lovely nod to the Libyan flag - and would acknowledge the late Colonel Gadaffi/Gadafy/al Qhadaffi and his wonderful gesture of providing arms to the RA in the 1980s - though we must also remember that the Colonel was not perfect - he was known to fart copiously, thus increasing the release of methane into the atmosphere