Finalising programme for Government over next two weeks a 'significant ask', says Coveney

Mr Coveney said there was a huge amount of work to do in the next two weeks to try and get a deal over the line.

Tanaiste Simon Coveney has said it is a "significant ask" to finalise a draft programme for government document for party leaders in the next two weeks.

But the deputy Fine Gael leader also told colleagues during a private parliamentary party meeting this evening that good progress had been made during the three-party negotiations, including on crunch climate change policies.