Talk:Green Party (Ireland)

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[edit] Title of article

In the last few months this article has been moved from Irish Green Party > Green Party/Comhaontas Glas > Green Party (Ireland) > Green Party/Comhaontas Glas and now back to Green Party (Ireland).

I haven't participated in the moving, and I don't strongly object to any of the above titles, but I think it would be helpful for those who are moving the article to leave some comment here as to their rationale. The only comment I would make is that "Green Party/Comhaontas Glas" is the official name of the party. --Ryano 09:35, 25 May 2005 (UTC)

Wikipediawide convention for political parties is to always translate names into English, unless they are commonly known to English-speakers only by a non-English name. Bilingual party names are common enough... for example in Canada one can find an organization officially known as the Liberal Party of Canada/Parti libéral du Canada but its listed on the English Wikipedia as simply the Liberal Party of Canada. Likewise, the organization officially called the Labour Party/Páirti an Lucht Oibre, gets filed as just Labour Party. So while Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael do indeed get listed by their Irish names, that makes them an exception rather than the rule. Amongst English speakers in Ireland the party this article refers to is always called--in common usage, anyway-- the Green Party, never Green Party/Comhaontas Glas, despite what the party constitution might say. -The Tom 04:22, 29 May 2005 (UTC)
That makes sense, and by the same token Green Party (Ireland) is preferred to Irish Green Party, which was an earlier title of the page. Hopefully having this section on the talk page will prevent further moves --Ryano 22:01, 29 May 2005 (UTC)

[edit] non-environmental issues (such as Northern Ireland)

Do the Green Party have a stance on every non-environmental issue? Would they have a full manisfesto for government, including foreign policy for example, or are they primarily about the environment? I'm specifically asking about Northern Ireland and whether they would aspire to a United Ireland or be officially neutral on that issue? Aaron McDaid (talk - contribs) 11:51, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

I think there is some information on the Green Party of Northern Ireland page... Sjeraj 14:15, 13 November 2006 (UTC)

Full list of policies here --Ryano 17:47, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gaelic name

What is the direct back-translation of Comhaontas Glas? "Glas" in Welsh (a related language) is blue, not green. Esquimo 17:35, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

In Irish glas is green. Comhaontas Glas literally means "Green Alliance", which was a former name of the party. --Ryano 17:46, 8 December 2006 (UTC)

Thanks - just checking Esquimo 13:42, 27 December 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Green - Fianna Fail Government

The constant reverts to unsourced, biased and inaccurate allegations and comments are unhelpful, untrue and profoundly unproductive.

Examples are:

"Eamon Ryan now oversees the Corrib gas project he once so vehemently opposed (the Green Party made an inquiry into the irregularities surrounding the project a precondition of government at their last annual conference, but quietly changed their stance during post-election negotiations with Fianna Fáil)" - there is no attempt at balance and the tone is clearly biased.

In the words of one speaker at the meeting, "almost nothing is better than nothing at all." - No reference.

Roantreb (talk) 18:07, 3 January 2008 (UTC)

The tone is inappropriate and the lack of references unacceptable, but there should be some coverage of the compromises which the Green Party made in the program for govt, including the Corrib gas field. It is wrong to simply delete any mention of the subject, as various anon IPs have been doing. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 20:26, 3 January 2008 (UTC)
I have added a fact tag to the following sentence: In the words of one speaker at the meeting, "almost nothing is better than nothing at all." Any refs welcome, otherwise the sentence should be removed. --BrownHairedGirl (talk) • (contribs) 16:22, 7 January 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Green - Irelands's second largest all island party

The introduction of this article states the Green party as the second largest all Ireland party after Sinn Féin. It is an all Ireland party and is smaller than Sinn Féin. The accuracy and partiality of this article is compromised however by the fact that the party is preportionally very small in its entirity to both parties in the Repubic of Ireland such as Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Irish Labour Party, as well as the other main political parties in Northern Ireland, the DUP, UUP, SDLP and Sinn Féin. I suggest removal of any partial claims, clearly made by intersted parties. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 89.100.6.93 (talk) 19:26, 28 March 2008 (UTC)