The pair had a 15 minute phone call this afternoon in which Ms McDonald said she told Mr Martin that people voted for change and not a grand coalition between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
"I will write again to Micheál Martin in the coming days to set out the substance of our position and have asked him to do the same. Ms McDonald said she would call the Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin this afternoon with a view to setting up a meeting regarding his party's decision not to go into government with Sinn Féin.
He said confidence and supply arose in the last government as a last resort and was the only option left after Fianna Fáil rejected going into coalition. Speaking on RTÉ's Morning Ireland, Mr Ó Broin said Sinn Féin is still open to talking to all parties while noting the "huge policy differences between Sinn Féin and Fianna Fáil".
Bloody hell, that is it....I am deleting the word CHANGE
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