Rural independents hold 'frank and blunt' meeting with two big parties
Rural independent TDs have told Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael that they are willing to discuss government formation - if the two parties are serious about their approaches.
A group of five rural TDs - Mattie McGrath, Richard O'Donoghue, Danny Healy-Rae, Michael Healy-Rae and Michael Collins - met with Fianna Fáil TD Dara Calleary and Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe at the Department of Agriculture tonight to discuss the policy document the two parties released last week, a conversation Michael Healy-Rae called "frank and honest".
