Senator Róisín Garvey elected deputy leader of the Green Party

Senator Róisín Garvey has been elected deputy leader of the Green Party today (July 14). The election followed an online hustings and debate earlier this afternoon. The other candidate was Deputy Neasa Hourigan.

Senator Garvey is from a farm in West Clare with a background in climate education and community activism and has been volunteering in the community for years around cycling, sustainable transport, biodiversity. She was the first woman and first Green elected to Clare County Council for North Clare in 2019. She became a senator in May 2020 as a Taoiseach’s nominee to the Seanad. She brings a strong, rural, social justice and climate representation from someone with a lot of experience, as well as a rural female voice from west of the Shannon.

The number of members who registered to vote in the election was 917 and 653 votes were cast. Senator Garvey received 333 votes and Deputy Hourigan received 320 votes.

Senator Garvey will replace Catherine Martin who has served as deputy leader for the past 13 years.

Minister Martin said: “Huge congratulations to Róisín on their election as deputy leader of the Green Party. Róisín will be an excellent deputy leader of the Green Party. I look forward to seeing all that Róisín achieves in the role. My sincere commiserations to Neasa, who is an important voice in our party and a huge asset to the Green movement. 

“It has been a huge honour and a privilege to serve as deputy leader of the Green Party for the last 13 years, and I want to thank the members for all of their support during this time. I look forward to continuing to work as a Green TD and government minister, placing climate and social justice at the heart of everything I do.”

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For further information, please contact Green Party director of communications Tom Molloy on 086 173 1874