Green Party's sole TD Roderic O'Gorman to seek re-election as party leader

Party’s only other Oireachtas member, Senator Malcolm Noonan, confirmed he would not contest the election and would be supporting Mr O’Gorman

Green Party leader Roderic O'Gorman said he had drafted a strategic plan to evaluate why the Greens lost votes across the country and how the party could 'build back support'. Picture: Gary Ashe

The Green Party is to hold a leadership election, almost five months on from a general election where it lost all but one of its seats.

Under the party’s constitution, it is required to hold a leadership election within six months of an election of a Taoiseach.