Doherty: Sinn Féin meets senior civil servants to discuss programme for Government

Sinn Féin is changing tack on its Government formation negotiations by meeting officials from State departments, its chief negotiator Pearse Doherty has said.

Mr Doherty said party leader Mary Lou McDonald had met with Martin Fraser, Secretary-General of the Department of the Taoiseach, with discussions set to continue with a number of other departments as the party begins “the process of transforming our manifesto into a programme for Government”.