Taoiseach and Micheal Martin to meet before full-scale negotiations

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin held their first formal face-to-face talks over the future of the Government last night amid ongoing fears of a snap election.

The leaders met just before 6pm yesterday in the aftermath of the Government’s weekend scramble to secure enough Dáil support to stay in power and before a crunch vote today to appoint chief whip Joe McHugh as education minister.