Labour rules out government talks with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Greens

The Labour Party has formally ruled out joining talks to form a government with Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Green Party.

Party leader Alan Kelly today wrote to Michéal Martin and Leo Varadkar to inform them that he would be recommending his parliamentary party not join the talks, which are ongoing in Dublin today. The Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil leader had earlier this week written to Mr Kelly to assure him that they would honour the public sector pay deal if Labour was in government.