The detail of the revised Programme for Government is available from www.greenparty.ie

The document is a mixture of firm commitments (eg. employing 500 extra teachers over the next 3 years, spending twice as much on public transport as roads over the remaining life time of the Government) and medium term aspirations (eg. protecting the most basic social welfare payments) and represents a clear shift in the tone of Government.

Clearly, implementation will be a challenge, and its probable that not all of the document will be implemented, but progress is always slow and painstaking, and most be pursued vigorously at every opportunity.

I’m confident that our current leverage in Government will enable us to push the agenda laid out in this document across every Government department, and that we will be left with a fairer, more prosperous and more sustainable country as a result.

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We had a bad day at the office on June 5th.

Neither Johnny nor I were in the running for a seat, and our vote in both electoral areas was down from the General Election in 2007.

We knew it was going to be a difficult election, but we did a lot of canvassing, and spent quite a bit of money on posters and advertising, so we were hoping to do a bit bit better than we did.

In the end of the day, however, we weren’t on a level playing field. I can’t remember an election in which the opposition had such wind in their sails, and given the public mood, it would have been a miracle had we made a break though.

We won’t give up, however. All the same issues and challenges that existed on June 4th remain today. The breakthrough we seek may take years to come, or may never come, but if it does, we have to be ready.

Watch this space.

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The Annual General Meeting of the Sligo / Leitrim / Roscommon Green Party Group will take place at 7pm, the Glens Centre, Manorhamilton on Monday September 8th.

The agenda for this meeting will be as follows:

Finance Report
Questions to outgoing Executive
Election of Executive
AOB

Nominations for Executive positions are now sought. The positions are:

Chairperson
Secretary
Treasurer
PRO – Sligo
PRO – Leitrim
PRO – Roscommon
Delegate to National Council

You may nominate yourself for one or more positions. Nominations should be received by email or post by Fri September 5th 5pm at:

info@slrgreens.com (or by reply to this email)
or
Garreth McDaid, Woodcairn, Drumleague Hill, Leitrim Village, Co. Leitrim

Garreth McDaid / Secretary
info@slrgreens.com / 087 6885867

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The Sligo Leitrim Roscommon Green Party will meet at the Glens
Centre in Manorhamilton on Thursday May 29th at 7pm.

A Table Quiz to raise money for the group has also been organised for Gurns Milestone Lounge in Manorhamilton on Friday June 6th. A good turn out at this would go a long way to providing the group with the necessary funding to run a solid Local Election campaign.

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The next meeting will take place on Thursday January 31st at 7pm in the Glens Centre in Manorhamilton.

New members are welcome, and existing members are asked to renew their subscription for 2008. Current subscription is €20. This is reduced to €10 for the unwaged.

Minister and Party leader John Gormley will be visiting Sligo, Leitrim and Roscommon on Monday Feb 11th. The visit will be discussed at the meeting.

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The Sligo Leitrim Roscommon Green Party will meet at 7pm Wednesday November 28th in the Glens Centre in Manorhamilton.

Participants are asked to arrive on time as room is booked for 1 hour only.

New members welcome.

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