DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland's two dominant centre-right parties have agreed to form a coalition for the first time in a deal that will also put the Green Party at the centre of policymaking and end a political stalemate triggered by an inconclusive February election.
The deal, which must be ratified by members of the three parties, would make Fianna Fail leader Micheál Martin prime minister in the first half of the government's five-year term before Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar returns in December 2022.
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