Episode 15: Does the Fine Gael Fianna Fáil coalition signal the end of Civil war Politics and possibly amalgamation? Dr Brian Hanley investigates.
In the history of the state Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil have never coalesced in government. Civil War politics has always been the purported reason preventing the grand coalition. Dr Brian Hanley tracks the historic ideologies of both major parties and why at this point coalition may eventually lead to amalgamation.