“Somehow the Greens managed to do a complete turnaround and stabilise the Fianna Fáil Government, and they have stayed there through thick and thin. It’s a very sad thing. It’s not just true of the Green Party, but it is very true of them – power tends to corrupt,” says the Archbishop.

Derek Wall, Green Party activist in the UK says

Sadly, he is absolutely right … Its a very very tough political world out there, politics involves compromise but the Irish Greens have helped bankers and wrecked the lives of Irish citizens.