Irish Examiner View: Grit teeth and take the plunge to form a government

Like a person who at an all-is-possible drinks party promised to take a Christmas Day plunge in the sea when they find themselves shivering on a beach, freezing waves washing their ankles, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil can hardly defer what now seems unavoidable for much longer.

They will have to man up — and woman up — and take the plunge.