FF may have to seek SF support, says Rabbitte

PAT RABBITTE yesterday implied that Fianna Fáil may be forced to seek the support of Sinn Féin to form a Government after the next general election.

Responding to comments by junior Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern about a possible SF role in a future Government, the Labour leader said it was “a fairly frank admission that FF will not be able to rely on the support of the PDs alone to form a Government after the next election”.

He said that for him and for his party, the question of SF being made welcome at the Cabinet table did not arise.