Leo Varadkar

Irish parties reach draft coalition deal with rotating PM

Irish parties reach draft coalition deal with rotating PM

  • The coalition would represent a milestone in Irish politics as Fine Gael and Fianna Fail — rivals since the Republic’s civil war — would govern together for the first time
  • Sinn Fein, which had been seeking to break the traditional dominance of center-right Fianna Fail and Fine Gael, was excluded from the talks
By AFP ·