Green Party members now have to email party to cancel membership

Between Wednesday night and Thursday morning, a number of prominent members of the party publicly stated they had left the party, including one time MEP candidate Saoirse McHugh. Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The process for resigning from the Green Party has been changed amid a wave of prominent resignations.

The party controversially added a 'resign' button to the party's homepage after the row over the Programme for Government in recent months, which cleaved a divide within the party.