Julie O’Donoghue has spent much of the week reading and rereading the programme for government document negotiated by some of her Green Party colleagues. Noting Saoirse McHugh’s warning that the programme is filled with “woolly, almost management speak”, Garvey nevertheless says the Greens have an obligation to support the programme and will. “If we believe that we have to support this programme, and fight all we can to get everything done we need to do. “I think farmers have been given a raw deal. The Greens are a social justice party and actually support farmers.”She says the possibilities of coalition outweigh the disadvantages.

Source: The Irish Times June 18, 2020 00:00 UTC