TREVOR Sargent will step down as Green leader if he cannot deliver a change of government and ensure his party’s policies are implemented.

GREEN Party leader Trevor Sargent last night pledged to give power to the grass roots through directly elected mayors as he accused Fianna Fáil of being in the back pocket of developers.

The Green Party will hold its national conference in Galway this weekend.

The Greens face into their biggest-ever national conference this weekend while enjoying their highest rating in opinion polls.

THE battle to agree to common goals for the future government of Germany is well underway following the division of the ministries between the two coalition partners.