Climate activist standing as Independent in Midlands North West constituency
Former Green Party member Saoirse McHugh is to stand as an Independent candidate in the European elections. Photograph: Michael McLaughlin
Ms McHugh came to political prominence during the last European elections, where she finished sixth in the then four seat constituency. Despite previously having a very low national profile, she was seen as one of the standout performers during a campaign television debate, where she clashed with Independent candidate Peter Casey on the topic of immigration.
Ms McHugh quit the Green Party in 2020 after it decided to enter a coalition with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil. At the time she said the programme for Government that had been negotiated and later backed by a majority of Green members was a “terrible document”.‘Real hope’ for cancer cure as personal mRNA vaccine for melanoma trialledGreta Price-Martin ‘will live in the hearts and minds of her many family and friends’.
Other candidates running in the five-seat constituency include incumbent MEPs Luke Ming Flanagan, Fine Gael’s Maria Walsh and Sinn Féin’s Chris MacManus. Former jockey Nina Carberry is also on the ticket for Fine Gael, with Michelle Gildernew MP was chosen as Sinn Féin’s second candidate.
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