The Greens go into Government

The Greens go into Government

‘Asking the Green Party to go into office with Fianna Fail really does not take account of the real world,’ Trevor Sargent, Green Party leader, May 22nd

‘Asking the Green Party to go into office with Fianna Fail really does not take account of the real world,’ Trevor Sargent, Green Party leader, May 22nd

After Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe described a deal with Fianna Fail as a ‘deal with the devil’ it might be thought shocking that they have just voted to make Bertie Ahern Taoiseach. Nevertheless the decision by the Green Party to support the formation of a Fianna Fail government and enter coalition with it is not surprising. It is however very instructive. In the same week it was revealed that the outgoing FF government was still not be able to provide clean and safe drinking water to the people of Galway, and an Environmental Protection Agency report recorded that across the State water quality has fallen significantly, the Green Party has decided to put back into power the people responsible. In fact Green Party commitment has been procured to ensure that this government lasts a full term.

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