Gormley bids for Green leadership in Ireland
Environment Minister John Gormley has formally announced he will be battling to become the next Green Party leader.
Already the party’s chairman, the experienced Dublin South-East TD was a central figure in negotiations with Fianna Fail on a coalition pact putting them into power for the first time. Mr Gormley is clear favourite to take the job.
He praised acting leader Trevor Sargent who kept his pre-election promise not to lead the party into a government led by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern. “Trevor’s step is a very courageous one. He’s a man of integrity, I think everyone knows that,” he said.
