Ivana Bacik: Labour Party 'unlikely' to enter government but talks continue

Labour's government priorities include a more active role for the State in issues like housing, and a 'massive street-by-street retrofitting programme for homes'

Ivana Bacik: 'We're very conscious of the reality of the gulf between our policies and of the very small gap between the two big parties and an overall majority.' Photo: Leah Farrell / © RollingNews.ie

The Labour Party will continue talks with Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, but its leader says it is "unlikely" it will enter government.

The party met on Friday to discuss preliminary government formation talks it had held with Simon Harris and Micheál Martin and said that it will seek "a substantive response" to its priorities for a government.