The leadership of Fianna Fail and Fine Gael will spend the coming days selling the latest programme for government to their party membership.
The deal with the Regional Independents and the Healy-Rae brothers will be ratified by the Fine Gael membership during a series of regional meetings, while Fianna Fail will hold a special Ard Fheis at the weekend.
Fianna Fail will hold a special Ard Fheis on Sunday to ratify the deal, while Fine Gael members will vote at a series of regional meetings which get underway tomorrow.
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Sinn Fein says the document published yesterday is 'vague' and contains no 'big ideas' or new departures. Local Fianna Fail TD, Deputy Brendan Smith says the programme for government is ambitious but realistic.
