Varadkar already wooing possible future coalition partners

The Taoiseach has met separately with Green leader Eamon Ryan and Labour leader Brendan Howlin. Both know the risks for minority parties in government, writes Political Correspondent Juno McEnroe.

Coalition politics is a dirty game. You enter a pact with a potential foe and, once comfortable in power, forget your principles. And nearly all small parties in alliances with big parties are punished by voters when it is all over.