Government options bring prospect of major change

AS THE dust settles, two options for the next government can be seen galloping in from the horizon, writes Michael Clifford

There is the grand coalition and there is the minority government. Both options bring the prospect of major change, but whether such change will be substantially positive is still up for grabs.

The grand coalition is the option that dare not speak its name in either of the two big parties. Fianna Fáil, in particular, would have problems keeping everybody on board if Micheál Martin opted to bite the bullet and accept it as the inevitable trajectory for his party.