Six weeks on from the General Election, and we are finally getting closer to the business end of talks to form the next government.
After significant movement yesterday, the next administration is starting to take shape – and it is looking slightly differently to what we might have expected.
There was significant forward momentum when the Regional Independent Group of seven TDs sat down for their first formal talks with the negotiating teams of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael.
The group had met themselves earlier in the day and agreed to negotiate as a “cohesive group” with a joint policy paper.
When they arrived in Government Buildings at lunchtime they were coy…