Roderic O’Gorman cites his accomplishments as Minister for Children, while Pippa Hackett says party needs ‘non-Dublin leader’
Minister for Children and Integration Roderic O’Gorman and Senator Pippa Hackett have declared their candidacies to become the new Green Party leader. Photograph: Gareth Chaney and Stephen Collins/Collinsmay have seemed the obvious choice, having contested the leadership in 2020 when she lost by just 48 votes. However, Martin quickly ruled herself out of the race and went further by standing down as the party’s deputy leader.
In his time as Minister, O’Gorman has also faced significant backlash concerning the Government’s failed family and care referendums.by Attorney General Rossa Fanning, months before, that it was “difficult to predict with certainty” how the Irish courts would interpret the concept of “durable relationships”.The advice was received by O’Gorman before he claimed the referendums would have “no legal impact” on immigration law.
Having been elected as a councillor to Offaly County Council in 2019, Hackett became a senator soon after in the 2019 byelection after no other candidate was nominated to contest former MEP Grace O’Sullivan’s seat. After announcing her intention to seek the leadership of the Green Party, Hackett argued that the party’s focus must be shifted away from targets to making green policies work for ordinary people.
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