The future of the Green Party is somewhat uncertain, but its past is fascinating.\nBorn as the 'Ecology Party' - later becoming 'Green Alliance' - the story of the party is entangled in the bigger picture of 1980s Ireland.\nRumours of their demise, on more than one occasion, have been greatly exaggerated before and their history includes arrested TDs, environmental campaigns, and more besides.\nGavan is joined by Donal Fallon for another episode of Hidden Histories to discuss.\nListen and subscribe to\xa0On The Record with Gavan Reilly\xa0on\xa0Apple Podcasts,\xa0Google Podcasts\xa0and\xa0Spotify.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\xa0\nDownload, listen and subscribe on the Newstalk App.\n\xa0\xa0\xa0\nYou can also listen to Newstalk live on\xa0newstalk.com\xa0or on Alexa, by\xa0adding the Newstalk skill\xa0and asking: 'Alexa, play Newstalk'.