Fianna Fáil’s Galway West TD Éamon Ó Cuív has said he and “significant people” in the party are opposed to a coalition government with Fine Gael and the Green Party.

“The public voted for change, we said we weren’t going in with Fine Gael, we said we were for change, and that there was a need for a change of government,” he told RTÉ Raidió na Gaeltachta. Mr Ó Cuív said that he had some support for this stance at a parliamentary party meeting on Thursday, but wouldn’t be drawn on names. “Some people supported me. A minority in the parliamentary party were uncomfortable with this arrangement (with Fine Gael and Greens) ... significant people.”