Neasa Hourigan

Dublin Central constituency profile: Clare Daly’s entry into the race will squeeze all candidates on the left

Election 2024: If the far right are to make a breakthrough to the Dáil, it could be here

Mon Nov 18 2024 - 14:23

‘Anybody can run’: Mary Lou McDonald unfazed by Gerry Hutch’s election bid

Dublin criminal, released on bail from Spanish prison, says he will run in Dublin Central in the hope of unseating Sinn Féin leader

Sun Nov 10 2024 - 14:50

‘Your bike could still get wet’: Review into ‘inexcusable’ €336,000 bike shed at Leinster House requested

OPW says public money must be spent ‘transparently’ as Minister of State confirms review into cost

Tue Sept 03 2024 - 14:31

Senator Róisín Garvey elected as Green Party’s new deputy leader

Rebel backbencher Neasa Hourigan loses out on position in narrow vote

Sun Jul 14 2024 - 19:31

Neasa Hourigan applies for readmission into Green parliamentary party

Dublin Central TD, a candidate for deputy leader position, lost whip 15 months ago when voting against Government

Tue Jul 09 2024 - 13:18

Two remain in Green Party deputy leadership race as Smyth drops out

Minister of State says it is ‘best’ to have a woman in the role for gender balance after Roderic O’Gorman landed party’s top job

Mon Jul 08 2024 - 20:06

Green Party leadership contest is far from settled as history shows party members can be unpredictable

Roderic O’Gorman is the favourite to succeed Eamon Ryan but Pippa Hackett has mounted a strong campaign focusing on rural Ireland

Sun Jul 07 2024 - 19:30

Neasa Hourigan joins race for Green Party deputy leadership

Ossian Smyth has also declared his interest in Catherine Martin's former position

Sun Jun 23 2024 - 14:51

Neasa Hourigan reveals she twice took cocaine as she calls for decriminalisation of all drugs

Green Party TD opens up about her party leadership ambitions in wide-ranging interview with Hot Press magazine

Thu Mar 21 2024 - 19:55

Mobile and broadband users face multiple communication price hikes without any chance to switch

ComReg told Green Party TD Neasa Hourigan price increases linked to inflation

Mon Feb 26 2024 - 11:49

The true cost of extreme wealth - a Letter to the Editor by economists, artists and politicians calls for new taxes on the rich

Economists and politicians, including Joe O’Brien and Neasa Hourigan, call on G20 member states to enact new tax regimes

Thu Sept 07 2023 - 08:57

Irish weapons training plan for Ukrainian troops a ‘breach of neutrality’, TDs claim

Paul Murphy and Neasa Hourigan express concern over move by Defence Forces

Fri Aug 18 2023 - 18:19

Alcohol-warning label plan attracts suggestions and criticism from industry and campaigners

While Britain and Canada express interest in initiative, foetal alcohol spectrum disorder group, Irish language supporters and wine importers voice range of complaints

Mon Jul 24 2023 - 05:00

David Quinn settles with campaigner who posted ‘highly defamatory’ tweet

Iona Institute CEO says case was not a Slapp lawsuit as was claimed in the Dáil under parliamentary privilege

Tue May 16 2023 - 01:00

Government defeats no-confidence motion by 86 votes to 67

Rebel Green Neasa Hourigan voted with the Government, as did a number of Independent TDs

Wed Mar 29 2023 - 20:44

Catherine Martin says Hourigan a ‘very valuable member’ of Green Party

Rebel TD’s support ahead of Dáil confidence vote remains unclear

Tue Mar 28 2023 - 19:35

Ending eviction ban: Labour and Sinn Féin ramp up pressure on Coalition with two Dáil votes this week

Labour Party tables motion of no confidence in Government, while Sinn Féin proposes legislation that would see eviction ban extended into 2024

Mon Mar 27 2023 - 05:00

Varadkar predicts comfortable win for Government on confidence motion

Unrest in Green Party over suspension of Neasa Hourigan

Fri Mar 24 2023 - 05:00

Eviction ban: No constituency deals done with Independents to secure support, Taoiseach says

Varadkar ‘disappointed’ at DUP’s refusal to return to Stormont in spite of Windsor Framework

Thu Mar 23 2023 - 12:05

‘Shockingly harsh’: Green Party councillors criticise sanction imposed on Neasa Hourigan

Minister of State Pippa Hackett believes Coalition has a safe majority should confidence votes arise over eviction ban

Thu Mar 23 2023 - 11:47

EU leaders in Brussels to talk Brexit, Belarus and banking as evictions ban controversy rumbles on

Inside Politics Digest: Coalition will try to move the agenda on from evictions ban, but issue will roll into another week

Thu Mar 23 2023 - 07:37

Green Party’s Neasa Hourigan suspended from parliamentary party for 15 months after voting against Government

Dublin Central TD loses all Oireachtas committee positions, including €10,082-a-year role as Oireachtas budgetary oversight committee chair

Wed Mar 22 2023 - 21:50

Eviction ban Q&A: What’s happening today and how will it all play out?

Green and Independent votes under pressure this week as Opposition lays down challenges

Wed Mar 22 2023 - 07:13

Cabinet agrees to ‘safety net’ for renters from April 1st

Green Party politicians voice concerns on ending eviction ban, but sources say a number of measures agreed including council purchases of homes as social housing

Tue Mar 21 2023 - 14:44

Sinn Féin looks to table new motion on eviction ban before measure expires at end of month

Vote to come amid recriminations in Green Party after TD for Dublin Central Neasa Hourigan signals she will vote with Sinn Féin against Government

Sun Mar 19 2023 - 22:00

Green Party threatens tougher sanctions against Neasa Hourigan if she votes against Government

TD says she will oppose Coalition during Sinn Féin motion about decision to end eviction ban

Sun Mar 19 2023 - 13:34

Green TDs to discuss plan for imminent Sinn Féin eviction ban motion

Leo Varadkar this week defended Government’s decision to let moratorium lapse at the end of March

Thu Mar 16 2023 - 20:27

Green Party group WhatsApp messages deleted after communications head criticises Neasa Hourigan in tweet

Two messages posted in Whatsapp group for party’s elected representatives, understood to be raising concern about the tweet, were deleted by another TD

Tue Mar 14 2023 - 12:43

Proposals to protect tenants could speed up evictions, Green TD warns

Unfinished plan to allow tenants first refusal on properties could prompt rush to market before its introduction

Wed Mar 08 2023 - 14:45

‘Additional emergency accommodation’ to help soften eviction impacts, Minister says

Minister for Housing Darragh O’Brien said pause had helped build up capacity in last-resort housing

Tue Mar 07 2023 - 22:21

Ending eviction ban ‘completely wrong’, says Green Party’s Neasa Hourigan

Hourigan sharply critical of party leader Eamon Ryan for agreeing to eviction decision

Tue Mar 07 2023 - 17:47

Ban on evictions needs to balance rights of landlords and tenants, Varadkar says

Expectation is that three Coalition leaders will agree on Monday evening to extend ban in some form

Mon Mar 06 2023 - 13:51

Internal tensions grow in Green Party over sweeping planning reforms

Environmental groups fear new planning and development Bill will curtail access to justice and limit judicial review

Thu Jan 26 2023 - 21:19

‘Any woman in her right mind would not go into politics. You are completely dehumanised’

Five public representatives describe a world of threats, insults and fear, driving one to conclude: ‘I’ve gone past the stage of recommending politics to people’

Sat Jan 14 2023 - 05:00