Greens in disarray as Ryan announces plan to stand for European Parliament

The future of the Green Party was thrown into disarray last night as its leader, Eamon Ryan, announced that he intends running for election in the European Parliament next year.

The former minister for energy made the announcement at the MacGill summer school in Donegal where he criticised current government policy and political reform.

He said he had decided to contest the 2014 European elections, that he had seen the European parliament work at close quarters.