IFAC's replacement of Seamus Coffey could take months

Naming a successor to Seamus Coffey as head of the Irish Fiscal Advisory Council (Ifac) will likely take months should talks to form a new government drag on.

Mr Coffey’s four-year term as chair of the budget watchdog came to an end on December 31, and the University College Cork economist is believed to have turned down taking up a second term.