FF backbenchers to lobby Gormley to ease up on Green Party policies

[ibis]

Ibis it's not as if all green party critics speak with one voice. Some are from column A, some from column B.

I appreciate that there are those who shop only from column A (disaffected Greens), but most of those who shop from column B (people who oppose the Green agenda entirely) shop from both columns as they go along, whichever seems to offer the better stick.

On a purely statistical basis, there can't be that many disaffected Greens, because there were never that many Greens in the first place.

[brigg]

What are Daragh O'Brien and Micheal Kennedy playing at?
Standing up for stag-hunting may go down well in a few spots in rural Fingal, especially near The Ward itself, but the vast majority of Dublin North voters couldn't care less. Dublin North has been, arguably, the most pro-green constituency in the country, with Trevor Sargent topping the poll in recent elections.
They must be desperate for any extra support at this stage.

[MPB]

I appreciate that there are those who shop only from column A (disaffected Greens), but most of those who shop from column B (people who oppose the Green agenda entirely) shop from both columns as they go along, whichever seems to offer the better stick.

On a purely statistical basis, there can't be that many disaffected Greens, because there were never that many Greens in the first place.

What is the Green Agenda?

Is it to create a more environmentally aware and more practical country by encouraging and incentivising citizens and businesses alike to adopt these new technologies?

Or is it to artificially inflate the price of everything they believe to be bad but the rest of us deem essential, through higher taxes, more costly inspection and controls and carbon levies?

The Green Party is a joke. It lacks imagination, innovation and even a modicum of economic sense. The sooner we are rid the better off this country will be.

[charley]

What is the Green Agenda?

Is it to create a more environmentally aware and more practical country by encouraging and incentivising citizens and businesses alike to adopt these new technologies?

Or is it to artificially inflate the price of everything they believe to be bad but the rest of us deem essential, through higher taxes, more costly inspection and controls and carbon levies?

The Green Party is a joke. It lacks imagination, innovation and even a modicum of economic sense. The sooner we are rid the better off this country will be.

aggree totally ,shower of wasters who should be wiped out next election

[Digout]

aggree totally ,shower of wasters who should be wiped out next election

Not should, they def will be wiped out. I cant wait for the day. Seeing the backs of Gormley and Ryan will be a great day for the Republic.

[Greener]

Backbenchers seek to preserve parochial interests.

[charley]

Backbenchers seek to preserve parochial interests.

if greens are let stay in government there will be no parochial interests left, a country covered in rushes and whin bushes is a green fantasy that cannot happen. they hate industry,agriculture,the irish language and all forms of transport other than the bicycle,the greens should find a wooded area in the australian outback and set up a comune ,leave the human race alone

[MPB]

if greens are let stay in government there will be no parochial interests left, a country covered in rushes and whin bushes is a green fantasy that cannot happen. they hate industry,agriculture,the irish language and all forms of transport other than the bicycle,the greens should find a wooded area in the australian outback and set up a comune ,leave the human race alone

Voters must be kicking themselves black and blue considering the fact that they gave these dipsticks a preference at election time because they thought they were harmless.

[TommyO'Brien]

The TDs' concern for stag hunting and carbon tax is touching. But funny how they don't have the same concern for kids in run-down classrooms, are silent while M Harney wrecks the health service with her incompetent discredited policies, and are so silent about the number of job losses that have flowed from the policies of their own party.

[Ecoguy]

So the Greens are laughable and pathetic because they have achieved nothing of the Green agenda in government and have allowed FF to do whatever they like - yet need to be stopped by FF before their implementation of the Green agenda destroys the country?

That just about sums it up - only in Ireland eh??