Deputy leader warns Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that the climate crisis ‘is way too important to toy around with’ during elections
Deputy leader warns Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that the climate crisis ‘is way too important to toy around with’ during electionswere fading on Wednesday night, as the smallest of the Coalition parties faced up to an electoral mauling while its bigger partners in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil enjoyed much better election results.
In Ireland South Fianna Fáil’s Billy Kelleher looks set to take the second seat behind poll-topping Seán Kelly of Fine Gael. Asked about attacks on her party from other Coalition parties during the campaign Ms Martin, the Green deputy leader, replied: “I can’t control the other political parties and what they might do.
Party leader Eamon Ryan said on Monday that he had raised the matter with the other Coalition leaders, Taoiseach Simon Harris and Tánaiste Micheál Martin. Other Green politicians sought to focus on the party’s own shortcomings during the campaign. Speaking to RTÉ, Senator Pippa Hackett admitted it had not been a good election for the Green Party, particularly outside of Dublin.
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