Our good friend Ferg has always been full of brilliant ideas for how to make the world a better place, and has been involved in a whole bunch of admirable projects as a result, but this latest one tops the lot. Ferg’s decided to go for the jugular, and run as a Green Party candidate in the 2016 Irish General Election. Fuck yeah!
Ferg’s statement:
I am running for the Green Party, for my daughter and all Irish children. We all appreciate the major problems our children are going to have to deal with, but perhaps less apparent is that the solutions for them already exist. The next generation needs leaders who are not afraid to lead them into these changing times. My priority is the environment; without healthy soil nothing exists: trees, vegetables, grass, grazing animals and their produce.
I am a professional surfer who has returned to the land to start a Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) farm near Lahinch, as I believe wholehearted this offers the most realistic, scalable solution to the issues surrounding rural life in Ireland. My conviction has led me to offer myself as a Green Party candidate in the 2016 General Election. Politics was never my intention, but there is a responsibility on us all to be part of the solution, and I will take every step, no matter how challenging, to implement solutions that will safeguard our children’s future.
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Ferg charging Mullaghmore… Photo: Mickey Smith 
