Fine Gael’s double talk - ‘Parallel negotiation’ just a ruse?

Taken at face value, Regina Doherty’s argument for parallel negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil on a new confidence-and-supply agreement and next month’s budget is persuasive.

“You certainly don’t leave it until a contract is in its dying days before you start renegotiating. That’s all we want to do,” the employment affairs minister said yesterday.