I would not object to FF sharing power with SF, says O’Keeffe

FORMER Junior Minister Ned O’Keeffe said over the weekend that he would have no difficulty with Fianna Fáil sharing power with Sinn Féin after the next election.

The maverick Fianna Fáil TD congratulated the Taoiseach on Fianna Fáil's rise in support in the latest opinion poll, but he warned that the party was losing support to Sinn Féin, which has 12% of the national vote. Mr O'Keeffe said the day may come when Fianna Fáil will have to be pragmatic enough to do a deal with any party.

"I will have no difficulty next time if we get 77 seats and we want 84 and the Taoiseach rings me up and says 'look, I am having talks with Fine Gael, Labour or Sinn Féin'. I won't object," the Cork East deputy said.