The Green Party has suffered another major blow with the resignation of two prominent councillors.
The party’s leader on South Dublin County Council Liam Sinclair and his colleague Sophie Nicoullaud both quit the Greens in the last week.
Mr Sinclair told Independent.ie said he felt it was inevitable he would resign at some point after the Greens entered government and wanted to leave while he is still on good terms with his now former colleagues.
The Tallaght based councillor said he did not support the Programme for Government as he did not believe carbon tax proposals were fair on the less well-off and also hoped there would be commitments on free public transport.