Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has reacted furiously to comments from Tourism Minister Mary Hanafin who said this morning that she didn't think the junior coalition party had the best interests of the country at heart.

TDs and senators are to seek changes to the Irish Leaving Certificate syllabus to cater for students in all-Irish schools, after hearing their rights are being denied by recent amendments to the marking scheme.

A Green party TD has said he "simply won't stand for" massive cuts to education or the effective re-introduction of college fees "by stealth".

EDUCATION services may have to be severely cut as a result of the Croke Park deal’s protection of public service wages, Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has warned.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty says he can make the transition from maverick to mayor in order to become the new Dublin Mayor.

GREEN PARTY TD Paul Gogarty has become the subject of public anger yet again after launching an expletive-riddled online attack against opposition politicians and the general public.

NEWS of top-drawer National Organic Week events is coming in thick and fast.

A group of Senators will meet later to decide whether they should investigate the latest allegations surrounding expenses claimed by Senator Ivor Callely.

A senior Government Minister has said Ivor Callely still has a case to answer in light of fresh allegations over his expenses.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has made a formal complaint to Gardaí concerning Ivor Callely's expenses.

Planning Minister Ciaran Cuffe says there no "God given right" for people to build houses in the countryside simply because they were born there.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has admitted the Green Parliamentary Party is divided on whether Minister Willie O'Dea should resign.

DOZENS of business and engineering courses at a number of colleges have failed to attract enough interest to fill them for the coming year.

Green Party TD Paul Gogarty has faced criticism from opposition TDs at a meeting of the Oireachtas Education Committee this morning.

Consumers must buy Irish vegetables this Christmas to support cash-strapped farmers, Horticulture Minister Trevor Sargent said today.

Green Party spokesperson on sport Paul Gogarty has today called on Minister for Finance Brian Lenihan to transfer almost €70m from the Horse and Greyhound Industry Fund to end controversy around the medical card scheme for the over 70s.

A GREEN Party TD yesterday said he was “not surprised” by any of the evidence presented to the Mahon Tribunal given the culture of corporate and political donations which has long existed.

Minister for Energy and Natural Resources Eamon Ryan will meet senior US politicians today as he continues his four-day fact-finding visit to the country.

Energy and Natural Resources Minister Eamon Ryan will tomorrow meet with senior US politicians as he continues his four-day fact-finding visit to the country.

Dublin can become one of the great cycling cities of the world like Amsterdam or Copenhagen, a Government minister said today.

PEOPLE travelling to the first Ikea furniture store in the Republic will account for up to 12% of all vehicles using the already congested M50, according to the National Roads Authority.

ENTERPRISE Minister Micheál Martin is not prepared to say who should pay the €160 million debt for Cork Airport's new terminal until a team of consultants give their view on the issue.

Government plans to allow a mobile phone mast near two south Dublin schools could harm children’s health, it was claimed today.

Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe has attacked Justice Minister Michael McDowell for deporting non-nationals whose children were born in Ireland before the Government's recent immigration crackdown.

MEMBERS of Cork’s leading anti-incineration group were barred from going into Leinster House for lunch yesterday after protesting outside Dáil Éireann on Kildare Street in Dublin.

Green Party TD John Gormley says that some members of the Party have reservations about entering the Presidential Election.

The Minster for the Environment tonight signed an order confirming October 22 as the date for the Presidential election.

Green Party TD Ciaran Cuffe, a member an Oireachtas committee behind proposals to use taxes and development levies to help the State recoup some of the profits made by property speculators whose land is rezoned, has expressed scepticism about the prospects of the Government implementing the proposals.

GREEN Party TD Ciarán Cuffe lacked political cop-on by holding onto shares in unethical companies, his party colleague MEP Patricia McKenna said yesterday.

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The Green party TD, Paul Gogarty has called on the Government to hold a referendum on the subject of dual mandate, to clarify public opinion on TDs and Senators holding council seats.

A Green Party TD is calling for the suspension of ongoing works at Carrickmines Castle in Dublin, pending a decision on the legality of the license under which archaeologists are working.

Two Green Party TDs have chained themselves to trees on Dublin's O'Connell St to protest at the city council's plans to cut down all the trees on the street.