In February, her partner, Patrick Costello, was elected as a TD for the Green Party. Chu, a councillor for Dublin City Council since May last year, was elected as chairperson of the Green Party in December. “The Green Party was very small at that time and also in Ireland there were not many people in it. Why would she choose the Green Party?”Was her mother surprised she joined the Green Party, or just surprised she wanted to enter politics? As for why she chose the Green Party, she says: “Everyone always asks me, ‘was it for the environment’?” But it wasn’t.

Source: The Irish Times July 11, 2020 05:00 UTC