Gormley confident of accord between Coalition partners

GREEN PARTY leader John Gormley is confident the Coalition partners will agree a new Programme for Government despite his party’s demands for major policy shifts.

This morning three-person negotiating teams from both Fianna Fáil and the Green Party will meet for a second day to work out a revised deal.

A broad outline of the Green Party wish-list was leaked yesterday. This included taxation measures, a request to reverse education cuts, reform of the electoral system and a new more humane animal welfare policy.