Editing Green Party (Ireland) (section)

====2016 to 2019 electoral successes====
At the [[2016 Irish general election|2016 general election]] Ryan and Martin gained two seats in the Dáil while [[Grace O'Sullivan]] picked up a seat in the [[Seanad]]. In doing so the Green party became the first Irish political party to lose all their seats in a general election but come back and win seats in a subsequent election.<ref>{{cite news |date=13 February 2020 |title=GREEN ON GREEN |url=https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/green-on-green/ |work=[[The Phoenix (magazine)|The Phoenix]] |access-date=28 June 2020 |url-access=subscription |archive-date=28 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200628054406/https://www.thephoenix.ie/article/green-on-green/ |url-status=live }}</ref> The Greens continued to pick up momentum in 2019, performing quite well during the concurrent [[2019 Irish local elections|2019 local elections]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Leahy |first=Pat |last2=Kelly |first2=Fiach |last3=Bray |first3=Jennifer |date=26 May 2019 |title=Elections 2019: Greens the big winners while Sinn Féin slumps |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/elections-2019-greens-the-big-winners-while-sinn-f%C3%A9in-slumps-1.3905248 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190526234818/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/elections-2019-greens-the-big-winners-while-sinn-f%C3%A9in-slumps-1.3905248 |archive-date=26 May 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019 |work=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> and [[2019 European Parliament election in Ireland|2019 European Parliament election]]<ref>{{Cite news |last=Barry |first=Aoife |date=27 May 2019 |title=Green Party's Ciarán Cuffe elected MEP |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/ciaran-cuffe-irish-mep-elected-south-4654921-May2019/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190601071645/https://www.thejournal.ie/ciaran-cuffe-irish-mep-elected-south-4654921-May2019/ |archive-date=1 June 2019 |access-date=2 June 2019 |work=[[TheJournal.ie|The Journal]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=O'Sullivan |first=Jennie |date=5 June 2019 |title=O'Sullivan, Clune take final two seats in Ireland South |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0605/1053547-ireland-south-count/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190605145510/https://www.rte.ie/news/ireland/2019/0605/1053547-ireland-south-count/ |archive-date=5 June 2019 |access-date=9 June 2019 |work=[[RTÉ News]]}}</ref> while in November that same year the party saw [[Pippa Hackett]] win a seat in the Seanad and [[Joe O'Brien (politician)|Joe O'Brien]] bring home the party's first ever by-election win in the [[2019 Dublin Fingal by-election]].<ref>{{cite news |date=30 November 2019 |title=Joe O'Brien wins first by-election for Green Party in Dublin Fingal |url=https://www.newstalk.com/news/joe-obrien-wins-first-election-green-party-dublin-fingal-931421 |work=[[Newstalk]] |access-date=22 October 2021 |archive-date=22 October 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211022012651/https://www.newstalk.com/news/joe-obrien-wins-first-election-green-party-dublin-fingal-931421 |url-status=live }}</ref>