Daniel McConnell: Anyone willing to take a shot at government formation?

Members of the Social Democrat party present their Alternative Budget 2018 document. File pic

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin shoots a hoop in the gym of St Colmcille’s Community School, Knocklyon, Dublin, during the election campaign. Two months on, we are no clearer as to the formation of a government. Picture: RollingNews.ie

Whether Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar can convince and cajole any of the smaller parties into government remains a tall order but is not impossible, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.