As Eamon Ryan announced he would be stepping down as Green Party leader and not contesting the next election, we have take a look inside his life away from politics
Eamon Ryan has announced he is stepping down as leader of the Green Party and he will not be running for re-election.
The Minister for Transport shared that the reason he decided to resign was to spend more time with his family.Read more:Eamon Ryan to step down as leader of the Green PartyMeeting his wife Victoria Mr Ryan and former Irish Times Arts editor Victoria met at set-dancing club Brooks Academy, which met at The Pipers' Club on Henrietta Street in the mid-1990s, and clicked when they got talking.
Eamon agreed: "We had a lot in common; we were both living in the Liberties, we discovered. We were both into Irish music. I was scratching on a fiddle at the time and she was playing the mandolin, and we knew a lot of people in common. We had actually probably met each other at some parties and things over the years, but never really met, we just had friends in common."Children The couple have four children together - Tommy, Jack, Ino and Róise.
“It took a couple of years and wasn’t, in my mind, the finest moment for the Irish healthcare, or health education, system."Life after stepping down The minister said that his parental commitments are a contributing factor in him stepping down as Green Party leader.
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