The Irish Republic's two largest parliamentary parties have agreed to form a new coalition government, Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny has said.
Talks between the centre-right Fine Gael and the centre-left Labour Party centred on how to tackle the deficit and public sector cuts.Last week's election saw Fianna Fail roundly defeated over its handling of Ireland's economic crisis.
Fine Gael fell short of a majority with 76 seats while Labour took 37 seats.
Mr Kenny said final details would be worked out early on Sunday for presentation to both parties later in the day.
Labour leader Eamon Gilmore said he would recommend the coalition agreement to a special party conference on Sunday afternoon.
Mr Gilmore has not said how many cabinet positions his party had secured as the junior coalition partner.
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