Sinn Féin would not be FF's first choice after election, says Martin

Tanaiste Micheál Martin speaks to the media outside the Horse and Jockey Hotel in Thurles, Co Tipperary, during an Fianna Fáil party event. Picture: Niall Carson/PA Wire

Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said that Sinn Féin would not be Fianna Fáil’s first choice of coalition partner after the next general election, but did not rule out speaking to them.

At the Fianna Fáil think-in, in Horse and Jockey in Co Tipperary, Mr Martin was critical of Sinn Féin over both its current policies and the legacy issues surrounding the Troubles and Provisional IRA.