Eamon Ryan told Taoiseach and Tánaiste before Greens agreed to expel TDs in 'internal' issue

The Green Party leader said: "It was a Green Party issue, we managed it ourselves."

Neasa Hourigan (left) has been suspended from the Green Party after voting with the Opposition on a motion on the new National Maternity Hospital. Leader Eamon Ryan (right) has revealed that he told the Taoiseach and Tánaiste of the decision to do so before it was signed off by the party. File picture: Sam Boal/Rollingnews.ie

A six-month expulsion imposed on two Green Party TDs was an "internal" issue, but the Taoiseach and Tánaiste were informed of the sanction before it was signed off.

Eamon Ryan has revealed he told the Taoiseach and Tánaiste of the likely expulsions before his party had agreed on the sanctions.