The Irish environment needs protection from Dick Roche, not more empty promises
The Green Party has questioned Fianna Fáil’s death-bed conversion to green issues, and responded with scepticism to the government party’s environment policy, which was launched today.
Green Party General Election Candidate, Deirdre de Burca stated: “Fianna Fáil have had ten years to put in place [...]

Green Party councillors on Bray Town Council have welcomed the recent decision of an Bord Pleanala to grant planning permission for the third time for the development of the Florentine Centre, off Bray Main Street.
“The Board’s decision was subject to revised conditions but these conditions will not be publicly available for another few days “ [...]

At a recent Green Party national press conference on Water Quality, Green Party councillor and Wicklow General Election candidate, Deirdre de Burca, called on Minister Dick Roche to ensure acceptable standards of drinking water in his own constituency of Wicklow.
De Burca says several “blackspots” exist in the county in relation to water quality and supply, [...]

Green Party councillors on Bray Town Council have criticised the recent decision of An Bord Pleanala to overturn its inspector’s recommendation on the Suntec development on Herbert Rd. The Board’s inspector recommended refusing the application for 81 apartments on the Herbert Road on the grounds that “the proposed development would, by reason of its scale, [...]

Green Party Councillors on Bray Town Council reacted to yesterday’s decision by an Bord Pleanala to over-turn the planning permission granted to Pizarro Developments Ltd for a massive 2 billion development on Bray Golf Club Lands by claiming that the decision was “no surprise”. They pointed out that the Board’s decision reflected many of the [...]

-As Party launches ‘50 Steps to a Better Education System’
The Green Party launched its education policy today with the stark message: ‘If people want to see real improvements in our education system they will need to vote Green in the next election’. Green Party General Election Candidate for Wicklow said that in the past year, [...]

The Green Party has described the launch of the Government’s revised Climate Change Strategy as ‘far too little, too late’. Speaking following the launch, Green Party General Election Candidate for Wicklow Deirdre de Burca said:
“This is Ireland’s second Climate Change Strategy. How can we have confidence that the Government will implement this when they didn’t [...]