The Greening of Ireland
The Green Party has been right all along with respect to Environmental concerns, public transportation, sensible use of our natural resources, their stand on the nuclear issue, the preservation of our antiquities, climate change and the carbon and waste problems.
Trevor Sargent, Ciaran Cuffe, John Gormley and others have been first out of the gate on these and many other positions of critical importance. They stick by their beliefs and should be congratulated in keeping these concepts high on the political and public agenda despite criticisms from others in politics.
Most if not all of these concepts are now in the mainstream political ideology adopted by the other parties. The eight percent of the polled public that favour the Greens in their quest for seats in government is small compensation for the impact they have made. Though it may be frustrating to have your ideas confiscated by the opposition, the Greens have done us a great service already by speaking up and speaking first. Good on ya!
There is a Nuclear Peace Walk that is starting in Dublin on the 13th of May, and an anti-nuclear petition sponsored by the Irish chapter of Friends of the Environment for anyone interested in these items.
- Environment, Caoimhin | Time: 10:10 am (UTC+8)
