Election 2024: Richard Boyd Barrett — Pushing the message that a left government is possible

Mr Boyd Barrett said People Before Profit was the only party pushing the message a left government 'is possible' and his party would not 'prop up a Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael government'
Election 2024: Richard Boyd Barrett — Pushing the message that a left government is possible

Richard Boyd Barrett said People Before Profit was the only party pushing the message a left government 'is possible' and his party will not 'prop up a Fianna Fáil or Fine Gael government'. Picture: Stephen Collins/Collins

Sinn Féin has been accused of "keeping its options open" on coalition talks by the People Before Profit leader Richard Boyd Barrett.

In a podcast interview with the Irish Examiner, the outgoing Dún Laoghaire TD said parties of Ireland's left should stop forming coalitions with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil, even if it allows them to form a government alone.

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