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

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.