Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams used his speech at Sinn Fein’s ard fheis at the weekend to launch a critique, not against the caretaker government, but against Fianna Fáil and Micheál Martin.

Sinn Féin leader Gerry Adams has signalled that his party is open to government formation talks with Fianna Fáil and would even consider putting together a programme for government with their rivals.

Time is now the enemy as policy issues need to be decided for government, writes Michael Clifford