Triple lock and Occupied Territories Bill on agenda for leaders

The controversial issues of Ireland's triple lock and a commitment to pass the Occupied Territories Bill are to be decided by the party leaders as government formation talks intensify.

It is understood that there are a number of "highly delicate" areas that party leaders Micheál Martin and Simon Harris are to hammer out among themselves before the draft programme for government can be agreed upon.

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