Expect a two or three-week campaign involving hustings in different locations and votes from across the island
Now outgoing Green Party leader Eamon Ryan at the party's convention in Dublin in April. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times’s method of choosing a leader is left entirely to the membership, unlike that of Fine Gael, which has “colleges” with the power significantly skewed towards the parliamentary party.
Under the party’s constitution a leadership contest must take place within six months of a general election, albeit only if the leader is challenged.Irish Wix worker who was unfairly dismissed for criticising Israel on social media feels ‘blacklisted’Green Party leader: Hackett announces she is entering race against O’GormanIn an astonishing contest, Martin came within 49 votes of replacing Ryan. He secured 994 to to her 946. It was a little too close for comfort for him.
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