Ryan 'holding out the olive branch' to Green Party members who were against coalition

Eamon Ryan, Leader of the Green Party inside the Convention Centre Dublin for the election of the new Taoiseach yesterday. Picture: Maxwells

Eamon Ryan has insisted that he is "holding out the olive branch" to those in his party who were against voting for coalition, but said that he felt that his appointment of Senator Pippa Hackett as a Super Junior Minister was fair.

Mr Ryan, speaking to RTÉ's The Week In Politics, said that he felt Ms Hackett, who will take on a role which sits at the cabinet table overseeing land use and biodiversity.