Blaithin Gallagher was recently selected to represent the party in the next General Election.

She ran in the local elections earlier this year receiving 122 first preference votes in the Manorhamilton LEA.

The long-awaited law was passed by the European Parliament at a meeting in Luxembourg yesterday.

The issue was raised at a Fine Gael parliamentary party last night.

Voting finished last night.

The green councillors have urged their own party leader to listen to the public concerns on the matter.

Farmers are worried that the national herd will be affected as part of government plans to become more eco-friendly

The National Co-ordinator of the Green Party says the first hundred days of government are very difficult. Mohill native, Bláithín Gallagher is