Aoife Moore: Greens risk being sunk by two unforeseen icebergs

Climate Bill and the Mother and Baby Homes legislation threaten to take Green Party down

Green party leader Eamon Ryan. 'Eamon's been completely missing,' is as common a refrain from his own TDs now as it was in the programme for government negotiations.

The Green Party saw a flurry of resignations over the weekend, passionate campaigners, mostly young, both publicly and privately left the party over what has been one of the most emotional weeks in Irish politics.

Though the Green ship has been slowly leaking members since entering government, two icebergs, in the form of the Climate Bill and the Mother and Baby Homes legislation, threaten to take the whole ship down.