Time to worry as future of life as we know it depends on eco-warriors

TREVOR SARGENT rallied his eco-warriors with a defiant cry that they were about to go into Government by breaking through the glass ceiling — unfortunately he was speaking in a conservatory at the time.

It was the perfect unintended metaphor to sum up the awkward tension palpable between Green rhetoric and the reality of Irish politics.

Not for Trevor, the piffle of 2% tax cuts and extra gardaí, oh no. He declared, without a hint of pomposity, that: “This country, and indeed future life on Earth, depends on us succeeding as Green Party candidates.” Phew, that puts bin charges into perspective.