Pippa Hackett’s leadership bid is all about making the Green Party relatable to people, and her charm offensive starts with me. As we sit down for this interview, the minister of state for land use and biodiversity at the Department of Agriculture enquires about my experiment with snail farming. (No longer active, I’m sorry to inform her.) It reminds her of a relative’s short-lived ostrich farm, she empathises. Then we get down to business. How different is she – and would the party be under her leadership – compared to Eamon Ryan’s past 13 years and her opponent in this…

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