Green Party TD opens up about her party leadership ambitions in wide-ranging interview with Hot Press magazine
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan: 'I tried it twice and I liked it so much I didn’t try it again, and that’s a scary thing,' she told Hot Press magazine. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan has opened up about her history of drug-taking, revealing she twice took cocaine.“I didn’t like myself on it. It was like a hyper version of myself. It gave me a fright.” Ms Hourigan also revealed that she has taken ecstasy in the past, stating that it “wasn’t a big thing” for her.Free Therapy by Rebecca Ivory: Another shining new literary talent“It didn’t change my life or anything. I wasn’t looking for it every weekend ... I’ve tried lots of different things.”She said that the Government should legislate for the fact that “a high percentage of people” use marijuana in a safe way.
Ms Hourigan also revealed her ambitions for leadership within the Green Party, but admitted that the party “could be decimated” in the next general election.“If people are democratically elected, you have to accept what the populace returns. If they return a huge vote of confidence in Sinn Féin, then we have to take that seriously,” she said.
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