Labour’s Brendan Howlin and the Green Party’s Eamon Ryan are the main contenders for the deputy leadership role in a very likely coalition government, says Juno McEnroe

Delegates at its National Conference in Dublin have heard promises of a future they can believe in - with 'a party of hope'.

Eamon Ryan said the use of the word "pernicious" by President Higgins was appropriate.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan wants legal certainty and agreement to improve the quality of water to be enshrined in the Constitution.

Green TDs have accused other election candidates of “hijacking” their campaign issues as the party urges voters, both young and old, to give them their number ones on Friday.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar must scrap the Government's 2040 national development plan if he is serious about climate change, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.

Ireland is set to badly miss climate change targets, according to a new report.

The Green Party leader says Ireland needs to do more to tackle climate change.

The Green Party leader is predicting an Autumn general election.

Fine Gael has been accused of holding back the country when it comes to environmental issues.

A conference which aims to highlight concerns surrounding Ireland joining an EU defence pact has concluded.

Fianna Fail wants the Government to deliver on proper transport for Dublin instead of just making announcements.

Members of the Green Party undoubtedly pride themselves on frugality — so being accused of “spending money like there was no tomorrow” must have been the ultimate insult to Eamon Ryan.

Plans to turn empty shops into houses without the need for planning permission will be revealed today.

In politics, you have to be committed but open minded. For Eamon Ryan, anything’s possible. The Green leader is ambitious, you could say almost politically unrestrained.

Politicians have “an obligation” to keep the Dáil in place for at least another 18 months, Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said.

The leader of the Green Party has said the Government should not appeal the Apple tax ruling.

Newly elected TD and leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan has said that his party is unlikely to go back into Government.

The Green Party has lost its High Court bid to be included in tonight's 'GE16 leaders' debate at 9.35pm on RTÉ.

The Green Party is taking legal action against RTE for excluding Eamon Ryan from its leaders’ debate.

Housing, homelessness and public services are expected to dominate today's Green Party Convention.

The leader of the Green Party Eamon Ryan has admitted the Government almost ran out of money twice at the height of the economic collapse.

The role of climate change in the refugee crisis has taken a back seat to war and terror. But Green Party leader Eamon Ryan argues that without radical action we are certain to face the mass displacement of millions of people.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has insisted that the European Central Bank had a very strong role in telling Ireland not to burn the bondholders.

The Green Party leader and former cabinet Minister Eamon Ryan has said he believed the Irish Government was put under pressure to save the banks during the financial crisis in 2008.

Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has criticised the Government for not going far enough to ensure sport is free to air here.

An early flurry of electoral successes in Dublin prompted talk of green shoots for the Green Party but the countrywide count cautioned that careful cultivation would be required.

The woes of a bruised coalition Government and fears of another property bubble may just throw the Green Party a lifeline and help get party leader Eamon Ryan elected to Europe.