Greens are determined to make a mark

ECO-FRIENDLY light bulbs are going out all over Ireland as the great Green glow predicted for this campaign begins to flicker.

A clear trend has emerged in the opinion polls showing Trevor Sargent’s environmentally minded forces heading south.

Hopes of returning to the Dáil with a Green contingent in double digits seem wide of the mark, despite the feeling this was going to be the party’s breakthrough moment when they stepped up from the sidelines and into Government.