'Origin Green is painting a false image to the world and it will come back to bite us' - newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett
Switch: Pippa Hackett on the family farm which was converted to organic eight years ago. Along with her husband Noel, the Green Party agriculture spokesperson farms 200ac in Geashill, Co Offaly
While questions were raised last week whether the farming community had actually voted for the Green Party, newly elected Green councillor Pippa Hackett is certain that they did as, after all, she is a farmer herself.
"I know farmers who voted for me. Maybe farmers are reluctant to admit they voted for the Green Party because over the years, a divide has built up that paints us as being at opposite sides of the spectrum when, in reality, we want the same thing," says the organic sheep and suckler farmer.
