Alison O'Connor: Chu’s Seanad move is diverting attention from real Green agenda

This party chairwoman, just seven months ago, refused to rule out joining another party, writes Alison O'Connor

Green Party chairwoman Hazel Chu: On the week that the Climate Action Bill was published, the attention was on a row over her Seanad nomination.

Shenanigans is a word used in various contexts during the recent US Presidential election campaign. It seems appropriate to employ it now when examining what has been accurately described as the soap opera going on within the Green Party. 

There is no shortage of scene stealers involved here.