Aoife Moore: Eamon Ryan must do something to fix broken Green Party

Eamon Ryan will continue to lead the Green Party — but after 10 years at the helm, has he lost touch with the growing problems within it?

Eamon Ryan was re-elected leader of the Green Party, it was announced at a press conference at Brooks Hotel Drury St, Dublin. Picture: Stephen Collins

A day of humiliation for the Green Party, both within its ranks and as part of the Government, ended with a short sigh of relief.

After a knife-edge win of just 48 votes, Eamon Ryan — almost 10 years at the helm and re-elected leader of the party he brought back from the brink — looked fairly shook at the idea.