Dempsey wouldn’t rule out coalition with Greens

COMMUNICATIONS Minister Noel Dempsey has become the second Fianna Fáil member of Cabinet to say he would have no difficulty holding talks with the Green Party in post-election coalition negotiations.

Mr Dempsey said that Green Party leader Trevor Sargent may be “doing a little dance” saying he was not going to go into coalition with FF.

But in an interview with the Irish Examiner, the minister expressed views very similar to those of Foreign Affairs Minister Dermot Ahern. He intimated that, despite Mr Sargent’s rejection, such an arrangement could never be ruled out. He put it in the context of the realities on the ground that may face all political parties in the wake of the 2007 general election.