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 [...]

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 24, 2010, 12:11
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, [...]

YESTERDAY 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 [...]

I welcome the Minister of State, Deputy Killeen, and the opportunity to make a statement on the agriculture and agrifood sectors. Like many others, I acknowledge the range of challenges facing both sectors. Senators referred to climate change, trade agreements, the pressure of large multiples pushing down the prices farmers get for their produce, the [...]

The Minister is very welcome. Since his last visit to this committee, Ireland has been allocated the new research and innovation portfolio in the European Commission. I wonder what the Minister’s view is of the importance of this portfolio to Ireland and to the post-Lisbon strategy. To what extent does he believe the post-2010 Lisbon [...]