Likelihood of government talks success ‘less than 50:50’

Green deputy leader Catherine Martin.

The likelihood of success in the talks aimed at forming a government was put at “less than 50:50” because of the internal wrangling within the Green Party, senior government sources have said.

Formal talks between Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens commenced yesterday with discussions focusing in on how the process will operate over the coming weeks.