Minister Halligan: 'If I was Fine Gael I'd go back to the country'

The outgoing minister said Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens are negotiating a government "nobody wants."

The outgoing Minister also said that the system where he was still a Minister even though he had not stood in the last election was wrong.

Outgoing Minister for Training and Skills John Halligan has said that if there were to be another general election this year Fine Gael could win up to 10 extra seats.

“If I was Fine Gael I'd go back to the country - they're high in the opinion polls, I think Leo Varadkar is doing exceptionally well, and I think Simon Coveney is probably the best Minister for Foreign Affairs we ever had, Paschal Donohoe, Heather Humphreys and so on ...