I recently resigned from the Green Parliamentary Party and Seanad Eireann in what were difficult, and publicly controversial circumstances. These are early days yet to try to adequately reflect on the experiences I had as a member of the current government. There are, however, several important insights which I gained during my period in office [...]
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De Burca has thrown her rattler out of the pram…boo hoo the muinteoir couldnt get the plum EU post…and why should she?
No wonder journalists in Ireland have become lazy when readers are not interested in looking beyond the [...]
Yesterday, 23rd February, a Green Party junior minister (Trevor Sargent) in the Irish Government resigned, admitting that he had interfered in the process of justice by writing to police to ask them to withdraw criminal proceedings against a constituent who had been the victim of an assault.
The ironic thing about this resignation is that it [...]
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MARIE O’HALLORAN and MICHAEL O’REGAN
Taoiseach Brian Cowen has confirmed to the Dáil that he had spoken to Commissioner Máire Geoghegan-Quinn about the possibility of employing then senator Déirdre de Búrca in her Cabinet.
He also said the commissioner said she would not be employing Ms de Búrca after the [...]
Former Green Party Senator Deirdre de Burca has rejected the claim being made by Minister for the Environment, John Gormley, that she had never raised the issue of the Dublin Docklands Development Authority with him, or his Department prior to her recent resignation.
De Burca has released a copy of an e mail (see below) that [...]
Over the past few days I have heard and read many of the comments that have been made publicly about my recent resignation. I would like to correct some of the inaccurate information that has been put into the public domain in order to allow people to make their own minds up about my resignation, [...]
Continue readingYESTERDAY I resigned as a member of the Green Party parliamentary party and of Seanad Éireann. I spent the day alternating between feelings of relief, fear, sadness and guilt.
In resigning from the party and publicly criticising its performance in government, I am aware that personal and professional relationships I enjoyed with committed people who work [...]
Dear John,
I am writing to inform you of my intention to resign from the Green Party Parliamentary Party and from Seanad Eireann with immediate effect.
It is with great sadness that I tender my resignation, having served as an elected member of the Green Party for eight years on Wicklow County Council and for a further [...]
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The decision by the incoming Spanish Presidency to prioritise the implementation of the EU Citizen’s Initiative which is outlined to in the Lisbon Treaty is very welcome. This initiative is an ambitious one. The EU is a trans-national democracy consisting of 27 Member States with differing political cultures. The effective implementation of the initiative could [...]
Like others I welcome representatives of the European Movement to the meeting. Along with others, I admire the work it does, particularly the work it has done in recent years as it has adopted a newer, fresher and much more accessible approach to informing people about what happens in the European Union and the European [...]
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