Stance on coalition with FF still unclear

LABOUR leader Pat Rabbitte’s stance on a coalition with Fianna Fáil became more confused yesterday, despite his third attempt in 10 days to clarify his position.

Mr Rabbitte insisted he was committed to removing both ruling parties from government but again refused to categorically rule out a possible coalition with Fianna Fáil.

Speaking on the RTÉ Radio programme, Today with Pat Kenny, the Labour leader said he was not going to get into a position of ‘what if’. When presenter Pat Kenny put it to him that by not ruling it out, he was leaving that option open, Mr Rabbitte replied: “I don’t believe that option has any prospect in reality.”