Numbers do not support confidence and supply, says FG

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.

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. However, he said Sinn Féin does not have a coalition preference for one or the other - because the policy platform of both parties did not represent the change voters wanted.

He said while Sinn Féin's preference was a left-wing coalition with the Social Democrats or the Green Party the numbers are not there and that became clear on Tuesday after the General Election results. "Economically, they want to take money out of local government services. They want to put serious taxes on people who create jobs," he said.He said it is going to be an incredibly difficult process in forming a government and will require compromise and they will seek solutions to be delivered by a new government. Fine Gael's Heather Humphreys said there is no point in the party talking to Sinn Féin as they are "miles apart" when it comes to policies.

To achieve that objective, he said his party will meet the Green Party, Labour, Social Democrats and, next week, would contact Fine Gael.

Chickens coming home to roost. This is where an insane electoral system and a government banging on about BREXIT for three years gets you ...

No shirt sherlock

This is going to be a slow burn.

How about FG+SF+SocDem+Greens FG - Taoiseach +foreign affairs, EU, Finance (Ire 2040 prog) SF - Tánaiste +Housing (O’Broin) + other societal issues SocDem -Health Min Róisín S. (SlláinteCare) Greens -Env + Sustainable Living (new dept) Comments on this? 90 TDs &5 year’s gov

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ok folks lets do this whole election thing again , and sinn fein pick enough candidates so we can be done with this. they have the mandate lets give them the numbers

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