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The Green Party in Northern Ireland voted to become a regional partner of the Green Party in Ireland in 2005 at its annual convention, and again in a postal ballot in March 2006. [ 109 ] [ citation needed ] [ 110 ] [ 111 ] Brian Wilson , formerly a councillor for the Alliance Party , won the Green Party's first seat in the Northern Ireland ...
The Green Party Northern Ireland, sometimes abbreviated as Green Party NI, [7] is a political party in Northern Ireland.Like many green political parties around the world, its origins lie in the anti-nuclear, labour and peace movements of the 1970s and early 1980s.
The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas is the fourth-largest political party in the Oireachtas.. The party has twelve TDs, four Senators, two MEPs, two MLAs and fifty six members of local government (forty eight in the Republic of Ireland and eight in Northern Ireland).
The Green Party was established in 1981 and is allied to the European Green Party. The Green Party Northern Ireland voted in 2005 to become a region of the Irish Green Party, making it the second party to be organised on an all-Ireland basis. It has Northern Ireland members on the Irish Green Party national executive.
All Green Party leaders to date have been from Dublin. Roderic O'Gorman said he believed the party needed to broaden the focus on its policies beyond its climate and nature restoration, and that he would try to form a "progressive alliance" with Labour and the Social Democrats who are seen as centre-left. [17]
Young Greens (Irish: Óige Ghlas) is a youth political organisation in Ireland that acts as the youth branch of the Green Party and the Green Party in Northern Ireland.As a youth party they focus on issues that affect young people including access to education, affordable housing, drug policy, LGBTQI+ rights and reproductive rights.The Young Greens believe in social and economic justice for ...
On 16 December 2021, O'Reilly was elected as Chair of the Irish Green Party, succeeding Chu. [11] O'Reilly was re-elected to the position of party chair on 26 November 2023. [12] O'Reilly was the Green Party's candidate for the Midlands–North-West constituency at the 2024 European Parliament election. [12]
Róisín Garvey (born 5 July 1973) [1] is an Irish Green Party politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach. [ 2 ] [ 3 ] She was elected deputy leader of the Green Party on 14 July 2024.