Possible contenders to lead the Greens were unusually coy last night, but discreet approaches were still made
The Green Party's Eamon Ryan speaking to the media at Goverment Buildings as he announced he is stepping down as party leader. Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins PhotosNever a dull moment around here. Barely three months after Leo Varadkar shocked the political world by announcing he was stepping down as leader of his party and taoiseach, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan repeated the manoeuvre yesterday by resigning as leader of the Greens.
So who will be the next leader? Possible contenders were unusually coy last night. There seems to have been an understanding that they wouldn’t start declaring on the day Ryan resigned. Discreet – and maybe sometimes not-so-discreet – approaches were still being made, though. Debate continues today in the Dáil on the EU’s migration pact, with a vote due this evening. Here’s Marie O’Halloran’s account of theHugh Linehan is joined by Pat Leahy and Harry McGee to look back at the week in politics. With our recent obsession on the local and European elections winding down, today we take a look at the week's Dáil debates and at the "guillotining through" of the huge piece of legislation that is the Planning Bill into its final stage.