Green TD accuses big parties of seeking the coalition partner 'they can buy for the cheapest'

Ossian Smyth said the Green Party's former coalition partners Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael want to team up with 'whoever they can push around'

Dún Laoghaire Green Party TD Ossian Smyth said his is the only party guaranteed to prioritise public transport. File picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are looking at “who they can buy for the cheapest” to form a coalition, a Green Party TD has said.

Ossian Smyth claimed his party’s former partners in government are looking to team up with “whoever they can push around” and may not want the Green Party because it “put up strong resistance” against them.