Coalition government - Greens risk missing their opportunity

NEVER before was the number of Green Party deputies so appropriate to get into government.

If the party feels unable to align with Fianna Fáil now, it may not get a better opportunity.

This should force a concentration of minds within the Green Party. Some of the issues on which they have been most outspoken have nothing to do with the environment. They are not likely to be very effective if they take stands on a disparate variety of other issues as if they were members of a catchall party trying to compete on a par with Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.