'They actually want to be in power': Shane Ross says FF-FG coalition 'only real option'

“That looks to me like it's the only real option at the moment. So I think what we're now doing is a kind of a mating dance with a result - which looks like it's going to be a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition," he said.

The “only real option” for the formation of a government is a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition, acting Transport Minister Shane Ross has said.

Mr Ross, who lost his seat in the Dublin-Rathdown constituency in the election, told Newstalk’s Pat Kenny show that the parties are focusing on what they do not want.