Greens have delivered and deserve our praise

SHOULD the Green Party now suffer for having spent the last three years in government with Fianna Fáil?

I have seen 16,000 new jobs created in the green economy during a recession, Ireland now ranked second in Europe for renewable energy, my cohabiting friends — gay or straight — now enjoy legal protection under civil partnership legislation, and my community protected from the rezoning disasters of the past as the new Planning Act makes sustainable planning a legal requirement.

This winter members of my extended family found themselves in warmer and more energy efficient homes having availed of the national insulation scheme.