Grand coalition starts to look achievable

Simon Coveney says he has ‘no ideological problem’ about going into partnership with Fianna Fáil, but would his party really jump into bed with its nemesis, asks Juno McEnroe

BROADCASTER Bill O’Herlihy once questioned whether it made sense for Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to tussle for power when the width of a sheet of paper scarcely separated their policies.

More than a year later, and that prospect of a grand coalition between the Civil War protagonists now seems surprisingly conceivable, maybe even achievable.