A big thank you to everyone in Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon who voted for the Green Party on Thursday 24th.

On a tough day for small parties, the Green Party polled over 3% in Sligo and Leitrim, up from 0% in 2002! This was one of the biggest increases in the Green Party vote anywhere in the country.

We also polled 8% of 1st preference votes in Carrick on Shannon, and 6% in Drumshanbo and Leitrim.

Roscommon was always going to be a tough call, given the party’s very low profile in the county and the significance of the hospital issue, but the Party did poll well in Cortober and North Roscommon.

This General Election has established the Green Party as a political option in the North West. We will now redouble our efforts, keep raising the issues that the other parties don’t want to talk about and challenge again the next time the people go to the polls.