To pact or not to pact: the Northern Ireland Green dilemma
Article's author, and GPNI leader Steven Agnew. Photo credit: Sinead McIvor, GPNI Press Officer From the moment when Theresa May, contradicting every previous promise, brought our Easter to an…
The North of Ireland needs Greens and Northern Irish Greens need your cash
This week, the Northern Irish Assembly has collapsed in the midst of a corruption scandal, triggering an election. In the context of Brexit and deepening austerity, and with the…
Seven Green policies to vote for in Northern Ireland on Thursday 5th May
Photo: The Green Party in Northern Ireland This Thursday, people in Northern Ireland will go to the polls to elect a new Assembly. They will have the chance to vote…
Who will the new Green MLAs be?
Ross Brown, Steven Agnew and Clare Bailey at the party's manifesto launch. Image: Green Party of Northern Ireland It's only one week to go until the Northern Ireland Assembly elections…
Learning apart: Northern Ireland’s divisions begin in the classroom
Green Party NI leader Steven Agnew and the present author, Georgia Grainger. The Greens have been very involved in the launch of the report. Photo credit: Sarah McCracken Approximately 90%…
Majority of Stormont votes for same-sex marriage, but will not pass into law
Belfast Pride Parade, July 2013. Photo: Wikimedia For the first time ever a majority of MLAs at Stormont voted in favour of legalising same-sex marriage yesterday. No change in the…
Why the 2016 elections will be vital for Greens (and why I’m hoping Sian Berry is London Mayor candidate)
In May 2014, Sian Berry was elected as Green local councillor for Highgate ward, Camden in 2014 to the seat previously occupied by Cllr Maya de Souza. Thursday the 5th…
“Troubling the troubles” – the Northern Irish Greens are an inspiration to us all
Green Party NI at their recent conference - Where the Short Strand's Mountpottinger Road meets the Albertbridge Road, the houses have thick steel mesh over their windows and, at first, no…