Stand with Roderic


I’m running to be the next leader of the Green Party/Comhaontas Glas, and I’m asking you to stand with me. 

I’m asking you to stand with me. 

As Eamon stands down after an incredible 13 years of service to our Party and our country, we need someone with experience and commitment to move us forward. 

I am running for leader, after 24 years of Green Party membership, to build a party that can win across this country, and deliver on our ambitions. With the politics of division on the rise, we need to set out our Green principles firmly and clearly – to safeguard our common home, to ensure fairness for everyone, to help the most vulnerable. 

The Green Party has to convince voters in every county - in our cities, towns and in rural areas alike - that we will not only protect nature, but build better lives for all. I want your support to lead us in that task.

Experience, Dedication, Achievement


I first became involved in the Green Party when I was 10. Since then, I've worked with candidates across Ireland to win seats, knocking on doors up and down the country.

I've fought ten elections as a candidate. I’ve served 8 years as Party Chair, I’ve been a councillor, a TD, and a Minister. I have stood with Green candidates and members through good times and bad.

Throughout, I've seen how Greens blend principles with pragmatism. We don’t just talk about the need for change: we deliver it.

We're going to need to keep going. 

Some in politics are pursuing a divisive anti-Green agenda. As Greens, we need to stand firm against this. We have to defend our planet, our principles, and our proudly diverse communities.  I am not willing to see progress reversed. I will work hard, as a committed Green Party TD, to meet the challenge we face. 

The next steps for the Green Party

The local elections showed that our core support is strong. But with the next General Election just months away, the results also show we need to work much harder.

The main job of our next leader will be to win the confidence of a wider group of voters. We do that by delivering for them in Dáil Éireann - improving their lives practically in housing, childcare and transport through strong Green policies.

Over four years in Government, we have achieved so much on climate and protecting nature. But we know we’ve never been a single-issue party. Now we need to prove that to voters, much as Green Party’s across Europe have done. I’ve proved this in my own Department, delivering for families, for women, for the most vulnerable in our society. 

I’m asking for your support to put this into action for our Party.

My Commitments To Members

  • Deliver real climate action, restoring nature in towns, cities and the countryside and stopping pollution in our rivers and oceans, while supporting families, communities and the most vulnerable

  • A united party that works hard to defend every seat we hold, and win in all parts of Ireland.

  • A leadership that always listens, always engages, and values the hard work and dedication of every constituency group.

“I have worked closely with Roderic for all of my political career. His experience, dedication, strategic vision, and work ethic are what we need to lead our party through this next phase. He has my endorsement for the leadership of the Green Party, An Comhaontas Glas.”

Minister Malcolm Noonan

Minister of State for Nature, Heritage & Electoral Reform. Green Party T.D. for Carlow Kilkenny

“I’ve worked with Roderic on Fingal County Council, as a fellow member of the Parliamentary Party & a Minister facing and responding to huge challenges. The hardest working & most driven person I know & has been steeped in Green Party at every level for decades. Our best candidate for leader.”

Minister Joe O'Brien

Minister of State for Community Development, Integration & Charities, Green Party TD for Fingal

“I'll be giving Roderic my backing to become the leader of the Greens in Ireland. He has a lifetime of experience, knows the party root and branch, and can tie together two founding principles of our party - facing the environmental crisis while respecting social justice.”

Marc Ó Cathasaigh

Green Party TD for Waterford

“I have known Roderic for a very long time! You won’t meet a more capable and hardworking politician! He has been the driving force in our party’s survival and success for over a decade. I am delighted to support, endorse and nominate him for the leadership of the Green Party!”

Cllr Marianne Butler

Louth County Councillor since 2009

“It is vital that the next Green Party Leader brings back the people & voters on our side. I trust Roderic , with his vision, determination, and energy, to achieve this goal. I will give him my nomination. The Best of Luck to you, Roderic”

Cllr Honore Kamegni

Deputy Lord Mayor of Cork City Council

“Roderic's contribution to the Green Party's survival and growth has been immeasurable, and through it all, he’s shown grit, determination, and drive, but decency and fair-mindedness too. These are the qualities we need in a new leader, and he has my support to take our party forward.”

Cllr Carolyn Moore

Dublin City Councillor for Kimmage-Rathmines

“Delighted to see my colleague and friend Roderic standing forward to lead the Green Party.

He brings decades of experience and will make an excellent leader. I am honoured to endorse and nominate him.”

Cllr Eva Elizabeth Dowling

Green leader Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council

“There is nobody I would trust more than Roderic to lead our party. He's got principles, decency, and experience - and a work ethic that can't be matched. He has 100% got my vote for leader.”

Cllr Michael Pidgeon

Dublin City Councillor for South West Inner City

“I think Roderic will make an excellent leader of the Green Party. Like Eamon, like the party itself, he's someone who runs towards the fire - he looks for the hardest, most important problems, the ones that other people avoid, and he tries to solve them.

I've seen him do a huge amount of work in his department, but also to build the party. He has always been there with advice and support, because he has always believed that the work we are doing is important.”

Cllr Ray Cunningham

Dublin City Councillor for Ballyfermot-Drimnagh

“Roderic is a friend and a colleague. He's Green to the core and has been involved in building a fairer and more sustainable future since he was 10 years old. I'm delighted to nominate him as our next party leader!”

Cllr Feljin Jose

Dublin City Councillor for Cabra/Glasnevin. Former Chairperson of Dublin Commuters Coalition

“I'll be nominating Roderic O'Gorman for the next leader of the Green Party/Comhaontas Glas. A leader inside the party for many years and someone who lives the values of environmental and social justice. We need someone with vast electoral experience too and someone who can win.”

Cllr Oisín O'Connor

Councillor for Glencullen-Sandyford

“This week presents an opportunity for the Green Party to refresh and renew. I'm backing Rod to bring a new leadership and a new vision forward for the Greens. I've known Roderic since he was my law lecturer in DCU, and I trust him to bring a renewed Green Party message to voters.”

Cllr Robert Jones

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Councillor for Dundrum

“I am very happy to nominate Roderic as leader of the Green Party. In my 17 years of membership, he has always been a true leader. He has always helped, inspired, and appreciated the hard work I and other members have done from elections to my being National Coordinator.”

Méabh Cody

Former National Coordinator, party member for 17 years

“I'm delighted to see Roderic stepping forward for leadership. Roderic has been incredibly supportive within the party and especially so in difficult situations. That kind of collaborative support is exactly what the party needs in our leader.”

Micheal Kennedy

Young Greens - Óige Ghlas Membership Officer

“Roderic has been such an amazing mentor during our time together on Fingal County Council and was a strong leader as Cathaoirleach as the Greens. I am proudly backing Roderic to be the next leader of the Greens and bring the party into a new era.

I met Roderic for the first time in 2014 when a group of young people wanted to chat with local election candidates about issues affecting them. Roderic was the one who listened & spoke to us as equals, while most spoke down to us. This is who I want as leader of the Greens.”

Daniel Whooley

Deputy Lord Mayor of Fingal County Council 2021-2022