Irish PM says open to talks with main rival


  • World
  • Wednesday, 02 Mar 2016

Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny speaks to the media at the general election count centre in Castlebar, Ireland February 27, 2016. REUTERS/Clodagh Kilcoyne

DUBLIN (Reuters) - Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny said on Wednesday for the first time he would be open to talking to his party's arch rival Fianna Fail about the possible formation of a new government after his previous coalition was voted out of office last week.

Kenny's centre-right Fine Gael party is set to fall about 30 seats short of the 80 needed to form a majority in parliament with counting almost complete, leaving its historic rival as the only obvious partner to form a stable government.

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