Wait goes on as Joan and Enda mull over issues

Talks between Tánaiste and new Labour leader Joan Burton and Taoiseach Enda Kenny will resume this morning, ahead of an expected announcement of a re-focused Government agenda and Cabinet reshuffle.

Mr Kenny told Fine Gael TDs last night that there were no major obstacles between both Coalition leaders, but that it was taking time for issues to be gone through line by line.

There was some impatience among backbenchers and ministers that the process should not be allowed to drag out too much longer, because it could give an impression of instability.