Greens back motion to request Hazel Chu to step aside as chair

Parliamentary party votes 11 to 5 to ask Lord Mayor of Dublin to step aside for duration of Seanad election
Greens back motion to request Hazel Chu to step aside as chair

Party colleagues' motion of no confidence in Dublin Lord Mayor Hazel Chu was replaced with a vote to request that she step aside from her role as Green Party chairperson during the Seanad election process. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The Green Party has voted in favour of a motion requesting that Hazel Chu temporarily step aside as party chair.

During what was described as a "fraught" meeting of the party, deputy leader Catherine Martin disagreed with leader Eamon Ryan on the issue.

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