Belfast Council pressing Stormont to create rent controls to fight soaring rent in city “I am sure many members will be able to tell anecdotal stories about hugely escalating rents in their areas." Belfast Live · Feb 8, 2023
Savings on fuel to continue for drivers as cut in excise duty set to be extended The excise duty cuts reduce the cost of a litre of petrol by 21c and diesel by 16c Irish Mirror · Feb 4, 2023
Greens win Bristol by-election race and become largest party on city council The close-fought battle saw the Greens take the seat by just 26 votes Bristol Post · Feb 3, 2023
Split in Government over Harris plan to introduce facial recognition technology for gardaí Justice Minister Simon Harris indicated on Wednesday that he intended to bring an amendment to the Garda Siochana Recording Devices Bill 2022 to allow for facial recognition technology. Irish Mirror · Feb 2, 2023
‘Bristol is ready to give us power’: Greens hopeful of win in pivotal byelection Council election could have national implications if Greens snatch ward from Lib Dems The Guardian - UK · Feb 2, 2023
Sunak’s 100 days as PM ‘dogged by swamp of sleaze scandals’, say rivals The Prime Minister is facing questions over his judgment, with his deputy still under investigation over bullying allegations. The Independent UK · Feb 2, 2023
Taoiseach Leo Varadkar doesn't want to 'raise expectations' on cost of living measures Green Party leader Eamon Ryan has said support for electricity bills may not be needed as 'prices have fallen' Dublin Live · Jan 31, 2023
Concert Organizer Bows to Politicians' Demands, Cancels Pantera Show The Vienna Green Party had demanded a scheduled performance of the reunited heavy metal band be canceled because of a 2016 incident in which singer Phil Anselmo threw out a Nazi salute. Reason · Jan 27, 2023
Comber Greenway gritting proposal sparks Sinn Féin 'concern' Councillor says plan to grit and then buy the greenway from Stormont is "a road to nowhere" Belfast Live · Jan 25, 2023
Labour calls for 'urgent action' on gangs kidnapping asylum-seeking children from hotels There are 76 vulnerable children who went missing from accommodation in Brighton and Hove and still have not been found - Shadow Home Secretary Yvette Cooper demanded the Home Office 'immediately end the contract with this hotel' Daily Mirror · Jan 24, 2023
UK says 200 asylum-seeking children missing, some aged under 16 Two hundred asylum-seeking children, including some aged under 16, are missing from temporary hotel accommodation in Britain, the government said on Tuesday, raising new questions over ministers' handling of migrant arrivals. Reuters · Jan 24, 2023
Tories accused of sending 'deliberately misleading' Green Party-style leaflets A campaign group has written to Conservative chairman Nadhim Zahawi demanding activists stop distributing the leaflets and overhaul rules about campaign material Daily Mirror · Jan 21, 2023
Environmental and health concerns around North Shields bridge demolition addressed in public inquiry The Borough Road footbridge inquiry continues as the Green Party makes the case for its preservation. Chronicle Live · Jan 20, 2023
Tomb Street apartment blocks' plan fails to get approval "There is a difference between what people want to invest in and what people want to live in." Belfast Live · Jan 19, 2023
Manchester Evening News · Jan 18, 2023 The 'once in a generation' plans to transform Wythenshawe Civic Centre It is hoped that the revamped Civic will be 'a catalyst' for growth
Belfast Live · Jan 15, 2023 Delight as new Belfast Bikes to be installed in East Belfast The proposal for the new bikes received cross party support
Financial Times · Jan 12, 2023 Robert Habeck was Germany’s most popular politician. Then he took office He helped get the Greens into government, but Putin’s war threw everything he stood for into question
Dublin Live · Jan 11, 2023 Councillor calls for increased security after city centre bike theft Green Party councillor Janet Horner saw a brazen bike theft take place in the city centre on Monday evening and believes that more surveillance is needed on hotspots such as Jervis and Drury St to discourage the crime
Belfast Live · Jan 10, 2023 Belfast fuel hardship fund row continues at City Hall Councillor says "The ones who will be overlooked will be the elderly, the isolated, the vulnerable, those with learning difficulties"
The National (Scotland) · Jan 8, 2023 Comedian Frankie Boyle set to interview Senator Bernie Sanders LEADING progressive politician Bernie Sanders will be interviewed by Scottish comedian and author Frankie Boyle live on stage at an event in…
Dublin Live · Jan 5, 2023 Bag of excrement flung at Minister Anne Rabbitte in horror incident “Attended a meeting tonight and a bag of sh** thrown at me and my government colleague”
Irish Mirror · Jan 2, 2023 Eamon Ryan says allegations of 'bullying' in Green Party are dealt with Green Party TD Bran Leddin was accused of being a member of a WhatsApp group that targetted Limerick councilor Elisa O'Donovan
Bristol Post · Dec 30, 2022 All the Bristol people awarded with New Year’s Honours this year One person in Bristol received the highest ranking order this year
Irish Mirror · Dec 30, 2022 Green Party leader Eamon Ryan denies he 'hates rural Ireland' or that people in rural Ireland 'hate him' 'I think actually there's a lot of people in rural Ireland just like urban people, they want us to be good at being green'
WEKU · Dec 26, 2022 Climate activists are fuming as Germany turns to coal to replace Russian gas Germany is firing up coal plants and importing liquefied natural gas to shore up energy supplies. Activists are carrying out increasingly disruptive protests, gluing themselves to roads and runways.