Social Democrats and Green Party could have big role to play in where power next lies

Amid the rumblings emanating from Fianna Fáil that coalition with Sinn Féin is off the table, the smaller parties in the newly convened Dáil continued to quietly go about their business.

The two busiest such collectives by some distance have been the Social Democrats and the Green Party, who, with six and 12 seats respectively, could have a big role to play in where power next lies.