Boyd Barrett yet to hear from Sinn Féin on forming left-wing coalition

People Before Profit TD Richard Boyd Barrett says he has not yet heard back from Sinn Féin on forming a left-wing coalition government.

Mr Boyd Barrett has written to Mary Lou McDonald urging her to form a left-wing government with independents, Labour, the Social Democrats and the Green Party. Mr Boyd Barrett says, however, that the plan is workable, even if the group falls short of the 80 TDs required for a majority.