Share this article Hazel Chu's Seanad bid is a 'bit of a solo run', a Green Party Senator has said. Senator Pauline O'Reilly says the Dublin Lord Mayor running for a Seanad seat as an independent is "like playing for Kildare and then being the manager of Dublin". Last night, the Green Party Parliamentary Party voted in favour of a motion calling on Hazel Chu to step aside as party chair while she contests the Seanad elections. Mayor Chu is running despite the Green Party Executive having decided not to contest the elections in order to support candidates from the other Government parties.