Comments on: Irish Greens stay in government, win policy concessions http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/10/13/irish-greens-stay-in-government-win-policy-concessions/ America's #1 Source for Green Party News & Views Sun, 12 Feb 2012 00:06:58 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: Dave Schwab http://www.greenpartywatch.org/2009/10/13/irish-greens-stay-in-government-win-policy-concessions/comment-page-1/#comment-7169 Dave Schwab Tue, 13 Oct 2009 20:59:16 +0000 http://www.greenpartywatch.org/?p=1515#comment-7169 The people in Ireland who seem to be really enthused about the weekend's vote are animal rights activists, educators, and student groups. For some depth on concessions the Irish Greens won on education policy, see this article: http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2009/1013/1224256492501.html Many Irish newspapers are critical of, or even hostile to, the Green Party. I think that's because European papers tend to wear their left/right disposition on their sleeve. The Left dislikes the Greens for being in a center-right government, and the Right dislikes them for pushing human rights and environmental policies in an otherwise big-business oriented government. The people in Ireland who seem to be really enthused about the weekend’s vote are animal rights activists, educators, and student groups. For some depth on concessions the Irish Greens won on education policy, see this article:

http://www.irishtimes.com/newspaper/education/2009/1013/1224256492501.html

Many Irish newspapers are critical of, or even hostile to, the Green Party. I think that’s because European papers tend to wear their left/right disposition on their sleeve. The Left dislikes the Greens for being in a center-right government, and the Right dislikes them for pushing human rights and environmental policies in an otherwise big-business oriented government.

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