Micheál Martin: “Ireland cannot be self-defeating in how it approaches the fixtures.”

I was involved in these issues in the previous government and agreement was hammered out at that stage - an agreement was arrived at, and we want to do well by honouring that agreement on all sides.

Incomprehensible and wrong

We will be growing expenditure this year. There's no cuts here.

I genuinely believe that dialogue is the way. I've always believed in dialog, and I think dialogue is the way to resolve this situation.