Coalition between FF and SF not an impossibility, says Byrne

Fianna Fáil says that a coalition between itself and Sinn Féin is not an impossibility, but would be predicated on Mary Lou McDonald’s party “dealing with the issues” raised by Micheál Martin in the aftermath of Thursday's Dáil votes for Taoiseach.

Party spokesman on education and member of its party’s six-strong negotiating team, Thomas Byrne, said that “unless Sinn Féin deals with the issues set out in the speech” any chance of negotiations between the two parties would be rendered null.