Fianna Fáil TDs have already started speculating how many extra ministries their 10 seats over Fine Gael should secure if they go back into coalition

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Micheál Martin has suggested Fianna Fáil will speak with “some” parties in relation to forming a Government – but not all.

The next Irish government has to reflect the ‘very significant’ number of seats Fianna Fáil won in the General Election, Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said. Mr Martin, the Fianna Fáil leader, said his party had now mandated him to begin negotiations with others to form a government that ‘can last the full term.

Party sources tell the 'Irish Examiner' outgoing Tánaiste should take the helm for longer than Simon Harris despite Fine Gael's suggestion of an even split to maintain 'parity of esteem'

MICHEÁL MARTIN HAS refused to say whether he will rule out a rotating Taoiseach as part of government formation talks. The Fianna Fáil leader, who was speaking at the British Irish intergovernmental conference in Dublin this evening,