The Green Party is a green political party that operates in the Republic of Ireland and Northern Ireland. It holds a pro-European stance. It was founded as the Ecology Party of Ireland in 1981 by Dublin teacher Christopher Fettes. The party became the Green Alliance in 1983 and adopted its current English language name in 1987 while the Irish name was kept unchanged. The party leader is Eamon Ryan, and the deputy leader is Catherine Martin and the cathaoirleach (chairperson) is Pauline O'Reilly. Green Party candidates have been elected to most levels of representation: local government, Dáil Éireann, the Northern Ireland Assembly, and the European Parliament.
Poster advertising the first ever meeting of the "Ecology Party of Ireland"
The Greens' parliamentary party in 2008
Catherine Martin became the deputy leader of the party in 2011
Neasa Hourigan was a founding member of the Just Transition Greens
Green politics, or ecopolitics, is a political ideology that aims to foster an ecologically sustainable society often, but not always, rooted in environmentalism, nonviolence, social justice and grassroots democracy. It began taking shape in the western world in the 1970s; since then green parties have developed and established themselves in many countries around the globe and have achieved some electoral success.
Mahatma Gandhi
Henry David Thoreau, influential early green anarchist who wrote Walden
German Green Party co-founder Petra Kelly, first leader and theorist of green politics
Marina Silva, influential Brazilian green politician