The leader of the Labour party Brendan Howlin has moved swiftly to dismiss reports that he and his colleagues are willing to from any partnership with other parties in order to return to Government.
Mr Howlin who was speaking at the party’s conference in Wexford last night said he and the party are not focused forming a coalition with other parties should a general election arise in the near future.
The Labour leader also claimed that he and his colleagues would only enter a coalition Government again if it could deliver a real change.
Addressing the conference Mr Howlin said: “We certainly will not be, as far as I’m concerned, involved in any Government unless we can be a defining element of that.”
“Unless our policy platforms form the core of it, I’m not interested in involving the Labour Party in government, and I won’t be recommending Labour Party in government unless those terms are fulfilled.”