It's understood, however, that the party has agreed to enter into discussions with the other parties.
It comes as Sinn Féin leader Mary Lou McDonald earlier told her parliamentary party meeting that it would be "quite a challenge" for Fianna Fáil to sign up to a government of change, but there is an obligation to act urgently. Sligo-Leitrim TD Marc MacSharry said he anticipated there would be "diverse views" on the topic, but the party would arrive at a consensus position.This is the first time the parliamentary party has met since the General Election, which saw its number of Dáil seats reduced from 44 to 38.
"Our strong wish is to create a government of change that is progressive and answers all the big issues that people have raised with us".
Great news well done FF
Any party the FF speak to about going into government should be cautious. If they can disregard the biggest success story of the last election you can be sure they will disregard smaller ones.
We’ve had ‘Spring Tide’ and Gilmore’s Gale’. I’m waiting for the inevitable ‘Mary’s Mob’.
Get more Mps out MaryLouMcDonald sinnfien and call a re-election if there is stale mate thus gaining full control and a f..you to the others..👍
But I thought you won the election mary lou?
Its incredible for MMcGrath to say that SF is damaging to Ireland. I have to remind him that it was FF that damaged Irl & it was FG that wrecked the lives of working families.
Surely that's a mistake the people voted for them and if they had put up more candidates they would be sitting in the driving seat right now... secondelection
All over one song shinners were so close
The neo-liberal wing could more easily form a government. The thing is nobody wants to be in charge because they know the whole scam is about to collapse like it did in 2008.
Every time any politician is on the RTE news at 6pm, my little boy, Bill (9) shouts out to me in the kitchen, Leo or Micheal or Mary Lou or Boris or Trump...🥰🥴❤️ He mimics there accents....🥺🧐🤣
Puts an end to their crap about SF being gov shy.
Brilliant, in five years time fianna fail will look back as this being the moment micheal Martin finishes off the party.
So it looks like it is going to be FF+FG+Healy Raes+Labour or Greens and a largely left very loud opposition. What is betting Michael Healy Rae gets Shane Ross's old job and Danny Minister for Fecking up the Environment.
FF has vary short memory’s
Showing strength and having the courage to stand up to what is right for the country 💪🏽👊🏻
Thank god - who the f**k wants “ Up the Ra “ chants
Show the public a few pictures of A&E departments around the country or the homeless people queuing up for food? People who are comfortable in their own situation vote FF/FG for tax cuts but it’s okay they make up the difference in tax by taking it from health and housing SCUM
FF has no respect for the Irish electorate at all. Neither do they want to deliver what the people want.
FF FG & Greens will be a stable govt for the next 5 years . The Shinners can relax the cax. They won’t have to go into govt and can do what they are best at . Hurlers on the ditch.
IrexitFreedom Is SF 'socialist' agenda actually deliverable given ECJ enforcement of pro crony capitalist EU rules? UK is as likely to cede NI to EU as EU is to cede ROI to UK. United Ireland can only occur if ROI/NI both outside EU/UK and neutral. SF prefer new election with more candidates.
In a new General Election Sinn Fein need both No1 & No2 Votes. Ivan Yeats is now calling them the piss and shit party 😂
Gail or Fáil, status quo politicians and parties are falling all over the world. They’ve fooled their folk long enough. People of Ireland have spoken. The Fine leaders of the Flora and Fianna seem to have gone deaf due to their arrogance. Those folk will become lore of the past🙃
If SF/IRA had of just held back a few weeks on the old chanting 'up the ra' and smugness.....
Don't mind the will of the people of our country at your peril lads.
Back to the country so 🗳🗳🗳
FF are corrupt so the country is safe.
They have no choice with this. Election Mark 2 in April
It would be a massive mistake to form a Government with Sinn Fein. Even aside from the fact they still endorse and eulogise IRA murder, their socialist policies of uncontrolled spending will bankrupt the country.
A good decision--are we going to put our future into the new look FG--Maybe have Cullinan and Dessie Ellis in Ministerial posts--God between us and all harm. FF -FG both have experience of Govt --we know little about the Shinners. We need stable Govt. at this time.
Good decision
Chicken 💩
FFG go back in and this continues...
So, another election then in April?
Let them lead a coalition and SF head up the opposition. It wouldbe the death of the party and who ever enters with them.
And they call themselves Republicans FF FG have abandoned NI.Only one way to unite the island and that is to put Sinn Fein in Government and start the border poll conversation..I love MaryLouMcDonald she's just what we need right now.
Fianna Fáil need to F off
RIP Fianna Fáil at the next election. I’m from a typically FF voting household in an area that FF typically have sown up. I’d sooner gouge my eyes out with a rusty spoon than vote FF now.
Why run for election if you refuse to govern. fiannafailparty TD's putting party before country. That's not their mandate. Return none next election, campaign more, influence more, encourage more and we will get the Republic free from FineGael labour & greenparty_ie
Best news I’ve heard all day. If the left are going to take the wheel, let them kill the economy on their own the bunch of bottom dwellers...
IrexitFreedom Excellent. terrorist should never enter any government
He’s a useless politician anyway, been caught out too many times.
FF must be confident on another election - surely not listening to over 500k citizens first preference votes is not democratic. Next election people need to be sure to leave them off their ballot completely as it took aul Micky until what? The 6th count to get in!
TheMaggieDoyle Ocionnaith RTENewsPaulC rtepolitics Another anti SF onslaught from Ireland's impartial public sector broadcaster I presume.
So..FG and FF ignore the people yet again ? All SF have to do is sit and watch Rome burn and the political landscape of the entire country will be rewritten. Morons. leovaradkar FineGael MichaelMartin fiannafail GE2020 GE20
thank god. let the sinners off and see if they can do as they promised. No doubt it will always be someones elses fault if they cant as always
Disrespecting the electorate, he should do the decent thing & leave politics.
Yes MM - LETS GO FF - keep those backward freaks out of power 🙏
MichealMartinTD & fiannafailparty are on course for extinction if they ignore with disdain the massive mandate given to Sinn Fein. Drivetime
There you go BrianSweeney101
Brilliant another election !!
Useless the mess FG and FF have left this country our country! ! It is something like a Dickens era Novel!!
Sources.
Cowards
FF playing into Sinn Fein hands. Sinn Fein will run more candidates in the next election and get a bigger majority
Party before country every time
Fuck of FF.
He doing a u turn to go with FG he badly wants to be Toiseach and it will be he down fall. Respect the people vote
Lurganrebel Is Fianna Fáil trying to force a second election? High stakes gamble if Sínn Féin uses electoral momentum, and public dissatisfaction with the two 'civil war' parties to run more candidates.
If FF/FG had any respect for the country they would do what they can to be there for there voters and be willing to speak to all parties, their lack of commitment and childish attitude shows they never deserved any votes
OMG playground stuff🙄😳
With the current numbers I don’t know or see how shin fein or Fianna Fáil are to form a government with Fianna Gael and labour wanting to be in opposition
FF have seen the true face of SF with Fuxk the free State & up the re & the other SF lunatic in Clare & have said thanks but no thanks. 100% correct decision We owe it to the families of our security forces brutally murdered by SF/IRA not to put convicted terrorists in power
New election unless the FFFG party decides to try and go against the peoples desire for change. HH
belfastjj Glad to see that somebody has standards/principles. SFIRA don’t have any
Thank god
Hope this is True. Get in to government buildings with FG, Greens and some element of left SD, PBP. Make sure they are represented at cabinet. Sort out child care, housing as top priority followed by health and crime. That will let air out of SF tyres. You have one more chance!
Fianna Fail government formation policy
Lots of the comments in this thread are pretty juvenile. Is this the youth quake which won SinnFein this historic victory?
So Mary Lou has reached out to Micheal Martin... no answer from him.. but he'll say no. FG have ruled out govt. So its back to the polls and FFG are looking DREADFUL....
How softly put.... they 'agree not to ' .Truth is they REFUSE TO.
Let's have another election and we can Dodo FF and FG
Head back to the polls and let's finish FF&FG altogether
Pure arrogance form Martín and FF suits SF either way they happily go into opposition and mary lou as leader of the opposition
They are behaving like children in a playground, 'I don't want Mary Lou on my side' said MM 'cos she is not... '.
Before election both Leo and Michael accused SF of not doing anything in 2016 when it came to forming a government, neither FG or FF would speak to SF. Now we have SF appear to be the only party talking and offering a chance and FF say no, remember that folks if it ends in a mess
So fiannafailparty used the national interest for this suffering On citzens They walked away from giving the citzens the parliament they voted for. I hope citzens will answer then loud and clear when next election is called slap some manners on them
Mehole martin is throwing a strop the poor baby
That's going to backfire on Mehole Martin
Michael Martin is a Democrat and is listening to the people. The voters gave FF/FG 43% compared to 24.5% for SF.
Now it's up to us to protest against ff and fg. We voted, they do listen, we protest like never before
And is Martin safe as party leader ? The only FF leader never to be Taoiseach?
Right decision. Sinn Fein said it was the last option for them anyway. SF slag the back off FF but want them to support them in Government. Good luck with that.
FF and FG have yet to disprove the findings of the Mahon Tribunal that they are endemically corrupt. The feeling, especially observing FF, is that they’re just biding their time.
Fianna Fail proving themselves unfit to govern & forcing a nation back to the polls
There has to be another election
Enter the running-mates.
New election please
Don't think MichealMartinTD can stomach the fact that sinnfeinireland destroyed them. I saw predictions of FF getting up to 55 seats before the election.
People are sick of Martin.does he not know it was SF transfers that got most of his party elected And if he does not join up with SF him and his crowd should resign as it's the people of Ireland voted
Good. Back to the ballot box again. Sinn Fein1
FF have listed to the people and told them to go take a hike.
FFFG will go in again with the greens and will have proven again that they couldn't care less about the people. There is zero chance of a new election imo.
With their “Up the Ra” chants for terrorists🤦🏼♂️ & declaring they destroyed “The Free State”😣 At least we got to see a glimpse of how stuck in the past sinn fein are really like🤮
They don’t like to be defeated 🙊 up the ra!
Maybe minority FF/Green government....
leave the posters up 😌
Biggest mistake of MichealMartinTD career.... If greenparty_ie are backing him will be a major cluster f**k! Not what the voters wanted!
IrexitFreedom Round 2!
Mad how fiannafailparty think denying people who they voted for is going to end well...
So in otherwords they ignore the will of the people and drag out talks so that markets crash even more with uncertainty and then when it all breaks down call for fresh elections. You can tell FG FF TDs all own their own homes
When’s the next election lads? The people will put manners in FF & FG for this arrogance!
But but but its SF who doesn't want to govern 😂😂
Shinners waiting for next election
New election, lads?
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