Slogan: Think Big Vote Green

First Primary Policy: The founding principles of the Party are based on peace, democracy, protection of the environment and our natural resources and social justice.

Second Primary Policy: We believe in a range of policies to alter things for the better, from properly funded education and a better transport system, to improved primary health care and a fairer tax system.

Third Primary Policy: We believe in equality, in a political system that is transparent and in decision-making at community level.

History: The Green Party is a political party formed in 1981 by a group of people interested in better planning, social justice, sustainable economic growth and protection of our natural environment. The first Green Councillor was elected in 1985 and in 1989 the Party took its first seat in the Dáil.

• The Green Party/Comhaontas Glas adopted at its foundation these seven principles by consensus:

• The impact of society on the environment should not be ecologically disruptive.

• Conservation of resources is vital to a sustainable society.

• All political, social and economic decisions should be taken at the lowest effective level.

• Society should be guided by self-reliance and co-operation at all levels.

• As caretakers of the Earth, we have the responsibility to pass it on in a fit and healthy state.

• The need for world peace overrides national and commercial interests.

• The poverty of two-thirds of the world's family demands a redistribution of the world's resources.