Email calling on members to 'unite behind' Eamon Ryan as leadership challenge begins

The Green Party have sent an email to all members urging them to unite behind the leader Eamon Ryan the day nominations opened for a leadership challenge.

Green leader Eamon Ryan with deputy leader Catherine Martin

The Green Party has been criticised after an email was sent to all members urging them to unite behind the leader Eamon Ryan just as nominations are expected to open for a leadership challenge.

The email, which urged members to unite in support of the party's negotiating team and the leader, was sent on Tuesday, the same day news broke that