Crisis for Greens as Gogarty resigns

FRESH controversy hit the Greens last night after Paul Gogarty quit as education spokesperson following clashes at the party’s conference last weekend.

The maverick Dublin West TD said he was resigning from the front bench because activists voted to set up a new body to deal with education strategy — a move the outspoken deputy said “undermined” his position.

Despite his dramatic walkout, Mr Gogarty said he would remain in his e20,000-a-year post as chairperson of the Oireachtas education committee unless Green leader John Gormley wanted him to stand down.