At that stage, John said this is f***ing bulls**t, that there is an election to be fought before any decisions like that can be decided upon.

A ‘source‘ at a recent FF meeting quoting John McGuinness’s reaction to a proposal supported by the party’s environment spokesperson Barry Cowen to rule out a Fianna Fáil/Fine Gael coalition.

“That will make liars of you and us all, the people will decide who goes into Government,” Mr McGuinness told his colleagues.