Green Party European election candidate Saoirse McHugh has said she would quit the party if it went into coalition with Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael.

McHugh, a first-time candidate, has emerged as one of her party’s biggest successes of the election.

She commanded a surprising 12 per cent share of the RedC/TG4 exit poll in the Midlands-North West constituency and early tallies from Castlebar yesterday gave her 13 per cent of...