‘Greens must break the glass ceiling’

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.

With a spate of opinion polls showing the party poised to hold a pivotal role in the next Dáil, Mr Sargent was keen to focus the attention of his TDs and activists on the compromises they would have to make in order to share national power.

The Galway gathering heard Mr Sargent set out his aim of decentralising decision making as he again took a swipe at the “cosy” connections between the Government and property speculators.