The Labour Party will not be “a cheap date” in potential government formation talks after the election on Saturday, Senator Ged Nash has said. “We’ve made it very very clear that we’re not going to be in any way a cheap date for anybody,” he said. The party had set five “very clear bottom lines” as a precondition to any potential coalition negotiations, he said. Labour Senator Aodhán Ó Ríordáin, who is running in Dublin Bay North, said the party was “happy to work with other parties in order to achieve things”. The party was calling for voters to give their first preference to Labour candidates, and then continue their preference for other progressive centre left parties, but not Sinn Féin.

Source: The Irish Times February 06, 2020 13:52 UTC