While the Green Party took a hit in the recent local and EU elections, Eamon Ryan’s 13 years as its leader has seen him deliver for people both at home and on a global scale. The Dublin Bay South TD has held a leading role in the three party coalition government since 2020 after being first elected from 2002-2011 and again in 2016.
But right here at home, the man who flies economy to reduce his climate footprint, has also delivered vast change in terms of climate, public transport, active travel, Ireland’s renewables race and delivering schemes to retrofit tens of thousands of homes to cut energy use and costs. Ireland didn’t have a climate action bill until his party’s push saw it signed into law in 2021, with commitments to reduce our greenhouse gas emissions to protect future generations.