Fine Gael TDs feel they ceded too much power to Independents in new coalition

'Two super juniors and three juniors as well as Ceann Comhairle is too much', as one FG insider put it

Five of the seven Regional Independent TDs  Gillian Toole, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran, Noel Grealish, Michael Lowry, and Barry Heneghan, speaking to the media at Leinster House on Wednesday. Picture: Brian Lawless/PA

Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael TDs have broadly welcomed the draft programme for government, though some in Fine Gael have complained about Independent TDs having too much power in the incoming coalition.

The two parties’ TDs met on Wednesday to discuss the deal, with negotiators setting out the path in government over the next five years.