Young Greens () is a youth political organisation in Ireland that acts as the youth branch of the Green Party and the Green Party in Northern Ireland. As a youth party they focus on issues that affect young people including access to education, affordable housing, drug policy, LGBTQI+ rights and reproductive rights.The Young Greens believe in social and economic justice for all as well as environmental sustainability for the future. History The Young Greens were formed in March 2002, as a group of students from the four main college campuses, which focused on the environment and social justice. It soon branched out to other college campuses and other themes, like opposition to the Iraq War and support for the Kyoto Protocol and Fairtrade. It campaigns for protection of the environment, human rights and more funding for education. The Young Greens conduct campaigns on a local as well as national and European levels. The Young Greens membership grew rapidly in the late 2010's as a result of the highly publicised environmental campaigns led by Greta Thunberg and Extinction Rebellion. This led to a bounce back by the Green Party in the 2019 local and European elections in which the party won 49 seats, up from 12 in the previous 2014 local election. Notably 6 of these 49 elected councillors were members of the Young Greens and ran as youth candidates. This was consider a part of the larger 'Green Wave' sweeping European politics at this time. This momentum continued onto the 2020 general election where the Green Party increased it's number of seats from 3 to 12 and were widely viewed, alongside Sinn Féin, as the 'winners' of the election. Shortly after the election results were announced and gave way to negotiations on government formation, Covid-19 arrived into Ireland and led to the first national lockdown. Government formation negotiations took place under intense public pressure to finalise an agreement so the next government could deal with the Covid-19 pandemic. Yet negotiations continued until an agreement to form the 32nd Government of Ireland was announced on 27 June 2020. Despite the success at the general election, the Green Party found itself dogged by infighting and resignations afterwards. The party was divided on going into government, as the younger and more progressive wing wanted to remain in opposition but the older, more established wing wanted to enter the coalition. At one point, Hollywood