Parties to discuss programme for government
The process of selling the programme for government to members of Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and the Greens will begin in earnest today.
Late last night their parliamentary parties gave the go-ahead to the document ahead of member votes over the next week and a half.
There was very strong support for the deal in Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, with some dissenting voices.
While four members of the Green parliamentary party abstained on the vote, including negotiator Neasa Hourigan and Catherine Martin's husband Francis Noel Duffy.
Last night Micheál Martin said he accepted the deal would be hard for some in his party to accept, and that he never thought he would be pushing to enter government with Fine Gael.
"No, I hadn't contemplated that.
"Politics is always full of surprises, one can never predict with certainty as to the future in politics - events come, issues arise.
"What I've always been very consistent about is that in the aftermath of a general election there is an obligation on members of Dáil Éireann to work to put a coherent, sustainable government together."
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