Elaine Loughlin: Greens get bogged down in turf and fail to seize the moment

With Europe moving away from Russian oil and gas, the Green Party could have seized the moment and framed renewable energy as being about cold hard cash, job creation, and economics

Elaine Loughlin: 'The problem with climate change is it just seems like a headache for tomorrow.'

If Eamon Ryan hadn't got himself so bogged down in turf, his party could have taken advantage of a unique opportunity.

As Europe turns its back on dirty Russian oil and gas, Ireland has the potential to become a leader in the production of green energy, but it appears that level of will or ambition simply isn't there.