Editing Green Party (Ireland) (section)

====Internal disputes====
Despite the success at the general election, the party found itself dogged by infighting and resignations.<ref>{{cite news |last=McGee |first=Harry |date=7 November 2020 |title=Off-colour Green Party continues to be dogged by infighting and disputes |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/off-colour-green-party-continues-to-be-dogged-by-infighting-and-disputes-1.4402504 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=3 March 2021 |archive-date=2 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210302080416/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/off-colour-green-party-continues-to-be-dogged-by-infighting-and-disputes-1.4402504 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Saoirse McHugh]], a candidate in the 2019 European elections, 2020 general election and the [[2020 Seanad election]], resigned from the party upon the Greens entering government with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, parties she believed would damage public enthusiasm for environmentalist policies by pairing them with "socially regressive" policies.<ref>{{cite news |last=Hurley |first=Sandra |date=23 July 2020 |title=Saoirse McHugh quits the Green Party |url=https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0723/1155056-saoirse-mchugh/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210124071752/https://www.rte.ie/news/politics/2020/0723/1155056-saoirse-mchugh/ |archive-date=24 January 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=[[RTE News]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ní Aodha |first=Gráinne |date=23 July 2020 |title=Saoirse McHugh has left the Green Party |url=https://www.thejournal.ie/saoirse-mchugh-green-party-5157497-Jul2020/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210318023624/https://www.thejournal.ie/saoirse-mchugh-green-party-5157497-Jul2020/ |archive-date=18 March 2021 |access-date=3 March 2021 |work=[[TheJournal.ie|The Journal]]}}</ref> Over the course of 2020, four councillors as well as both the leader of the [[Young Greens (Ireland)|Young Greens]] and the leader of the Queer Greens left the party, all citing either bullying within the party or dissatisfaction with the coalition and its policies as the cause.<ref>{{cite news |last=Kenny |first=Aine |date=27 October 2020 |title=Cork councillor Lorna Bogue quits Greens over Mother and Baby Homes law |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40071455.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201030212713/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/munster/arid-40071455.html |archive-date=30 October 2020 |access-date=28 October 2020 |work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/green-party-hit-by-more-resignations-1024949.html|title=Green Party hit by more resignations|last=McCurry|first=Cate|work=BreakingNews.ie|date=24 October 2020|access-date=28 October 2020|archive-date=31 October 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201031023016/https://www.breakingnews.ie/ireland/green-party-hit-by-more-resignations-1024949.html|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Ryan |first=Phillip |date=19 January 2021 |title=Another blow to Green party as two prominent councillors quit |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/another-blow-to-green-party-as-two-prominent-councillors-quit-39985278.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210120063942/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/another-blow-to-green-party-as-two-prominent-councillors-quit-39985278.html |archive-date=20 January 2021 |access-date=23 January 2021 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> Amongst the resignations were councillors [[Lorna Bogue]] and Liam Sinclair, who subsequently formed a new left-wing green party called [[Rabharta]] in June 2021.<ref>{{cite news |last=Gataveckaite |first=Gabija |date=1 June 2021 |title=Former members of Green Party to launch 'eco-socialist' group this weekend |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/former-members-of-green-party-tolaunch-eco-socialist-groupthis-weekend-40489594.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210607230645/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/former-members-of-green-party-tolaunch-eco-socialist-groupthis-weekend-40489594.html |archive-date=7 June 2021 |access-date=10 June 2021 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hosford |first=Paul |date=25 January 2021 |title=Green councillor quits party citing culture of tolerating personal abuse |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40213634.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126065036/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/arid-40213634.html?type=amp |archive-date=26 January 2021 |access-date=25 January 2021 |work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref>

Infighting continued in 2021 when the party Cathaoirleach [[Hazel Chu]], the [[Lord Mayor of Dublin]], launched a campaign to run for the [[2021 Seanad by-elections]] with the support of six members of the Green Party Parliamentary Party, but without official backing from the party.<ref name=IT25Mar>{{Cite news|last=McQuinn|first=Cormac|title=Eamon Ryan 'tells Greens' no pact on supporting Coalition candidates for Seanad|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-ryan-tells-greens-no-pact-on-supporting-coalition-candidates-for-seanad-1.4520007|access-date=2021-03-25|newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]|language=en|archive-date=25 March 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210325143639/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/eamon-ryan-tells-greens-no-pact-on-supporting-coalition-candidates-for-seanad-1.4520007|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=McGee |first=Harry |date=22 March 2021 |title=Green Party leader Eamon Ryan will not vote for Hazel Chu in Seanad byelection |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/green-party-leader-eamon-ryan-will-not-vote-for-hazel-chu-in-seanad-byelection-1.4518280 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220816221038/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/green-party-leader-eamon-ryan-will-not-vote-for-hazel-chu-in-seanad-byelection-1.4518280 |archive-date=16 August 2022 |access-date=2021-03-23 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |last=Hosford |first=Paul |date=22 March 2021 |title=Hazel Chu to run as independent candidate in Seanad by-election |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40249256.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220520221834/https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40249256.html |archive-date=20 May 2022 |access-date=23 March 2021 |work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref> Senators [[Pippa Hackett]], [[Pauline O'Reilly]] and [[Róisín Garvey]] tabled a motion of no confidence in Chu as Cathaoirleach of the party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Ni Aodha |first=Grainne |date=25 June 2024 |title=Roderic O'Gorman and Pippa Hackett to contest Green Party leadership |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/roderic-ogorman-and-pippa-hackett-to-contest-green-party-leadership/a530392516.html |access-date=26 July 2024 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref> Deputy leader, Catherine Martin urged the senators to withdraw the motion and it was later replaced with a motion calling for Chu to temporarily step aside from the position as party chair for the duration of the election. This was passed by 11 votes to five at a meeting of the Parliamentary Party.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Loughlin |first=Elaine |last2=Moore |first2=Aoife |date=31 March 2021 |title=Greens back motion to request Hazel Chu to step aside as chair |url=https://www.irishexaminer.com/news/politics/arid-40255817.html |access-date=26 July 2024 |work=[[Irish Examiner]]}}</ref> The Executive Council of the party, however, decided not to follow the Parliamentary Party's decision and Chu remained in the position of Cathaoirleach until the end of her term in December 2021.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Wilson |first=Jade |date=15 December 2021 |title=Hazel Chu role as chair of Green Party executive committee ends |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/hazel-chu-role-as-chair-of-green-party-executive-committee-ends-1.4756071 |access-date=26 July 2024 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |language=en}}</ref> Chu ran in the [[2022 Dublin University by-election]] and was commended by the party for "championing climate action and inclusion".<ref>{{Cite web |date=31 March 2022 |title=Green Party commends Cllr Hazel Chu and Paula Roseingrave for championing climate action and inclusion in Seanad run |url=https://www.greenparty.ie/news/green-party-commends-cllr-hazel-chu-and-paula-roseingrave-championing-climate-action-and |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=Green Party}}</ref>

In May 2022, Green TDs [[Neasa Hourigan]] and [[Patrick Costello (Irish politician)|Patrick Costello]] were suspended from the party for six months after they went against the [[party whip]] and voted for an opposition motion calling for the new [[National Maternity Hospital, Dublin|National Maternity Hospital]] to be built on land wholly owned by the state.<ref>{{cite news |last=O'Connell |first=Hugh |last2=Moloney |first2=Eoghan |date=17 May 2022 |title=Two Green TDs suspended from party for six months after they defy Coalition and back Sinn Féin motion |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/two-green-tds-suspended-from-party-for-six-months-after-they-defy-coalition-and-back-sinn-fein-motion-on-national-maternity-hospital-41664389.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518224400/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/two-green-tds-suspended-from-party-for-six-months-after-they-defy-coalition-and-back-sinn-fein-motion-on-national-maternity-hospital-41664389.html |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=15 April 2025 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Bray |first=Jennifer |last2=Burns |first2=Sarah |date=18 May 2022 |title=National Maternity Hospital: Green Party suspends two TDs for voting with Opposition |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/national-maternity-hospital-green-party-suspends-two-tds-for-voting-with-opposition-1.4881766 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220518213323/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/national-maternity-hospital-green-party-suspends-two-tds-for-voting-with-opposition-1.4881766 |archive-date=18 May 2022 |access-date=19 May 2022 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]]}}</ref> Hourigan was suspended again in March 2023, this time for 15 months, after she voted against the government on the issue of ending a ban on evictions.<ref>{{Cite news |last=Gataveckaite |first=Gabija |last2=Mulgrew |first2=Seoirse |last3=Ryan |first3=Philip |date=22 March 2023 |title=Green Party suspends Neasa Hourigan for 15 months over Dáil eviction ban vote |url=https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/green-party-suspends-neasa-hourigan-for-15-months-over-dail-eviction-ban-vote/42400048.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230322215623/https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/politics/green-party-suspends-neasa-hourigan-for-15-months-over-dail-eviction-ban-vote-42400048.html |archive-date=22 March 2023 |access-date=22 March 2023 |work=[[Irish Independent]]}}</ref>