Brendan Howlin would consider working in government with Sinn Féin

Labour leader Brendan Howlin has said he would be "happy to sit down" with Sinn Féin and discuss working in government as part of an alliance of left-wing parties.

Speaking after a leaders TV debate in Galway on Monday night, Mr Howlin outlined what is now being viewed as a significant shift in Labour policy in cooperating with Sinn Féin.