Press Release Archive

12 August 2004
Bad planning led to Carrickmines fiasco
Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown Green Party Councillor Kealin Ireland expressed sadness at the decision by Martin Cullen, Minister for the Environment, to allow work to resume on the M50 near Carrickmines.

12 August 2004
Literacy report shows Government has failed to tackle poverty issue claims Gogarty

12 August 2004
Environmental accounts show ?far too little done, far too much left to do?

12 August 2004
Further increase in annual rate of inflation will add to economic uncertainty
Green Party Finance spokesperson Dan Boyle TD said today that,

12 August 2004
Greens congratulate McCreevy on significant appointment but urge
caution on policies of inequality

12 August 2004
Green Party welcomes High Court decision to postpone deportation
of Nigerian Nimota Kate Banidele
and calls on McDowell to grant Ms Banidele the right to remain on grounds of campassion

13 August 2004
European Central Bank oil price warning must be taken seriously as Irish economy particularly vulnerable

13 August 2004
Green Party calls for review of school bus catchment areas
Thirty-five years is too long to wait - says Paul Gogarty TD, Green Party Education spokesperson

15 August 2004
MEPs must end dual mandate immediately
Green Party TD Dan Boyle has called on the five successful MEPs who are also members of the Dáil to resign their seats immediately, and bring about a series of by-elections that would be a referendum on the Government.

15 August 2004
Greens call for reintroduction of money back bottles
'One simple solution' would reduce Ireland's litter problem overnight, says Gogarty