Why doesn't anyone call the current government a "Rainbow Government" ?

Exactly. I understand the FF party had a conference recently to create an identity for themselves, because nobody knows what they are anymore.

I hope they come up with something coherent, because I don't want to vote for SF but I might to kick out our current directionless incoherent government.

Incidentally, proportional representation is what has led to this disastrous government. Our PR system has to be reviewed, because noone actually had a say in what government we ended up with. How ironic is that. It either has to be tweeked, or get rid of PR altogether.

What? You don't think the state of our government is important? Have a nice sleepy life then; I envy you in a way.

Not LGBTQI+ enough?

PRSTV is one of the best things we have in this country. I wouldn't touch it at all.

You need 80 seats for a majority and sinn fein only ran 42 candidates - how did you/they expect it to turn out?

We had three-party government in 2007-2009 as well. And of course we had governments of three (or more) parties in 1948-51 and 1954-57.

This is a common enough occurrence that it's not remarkable enough to require a special term. The "Rainbow Coalition" was one particular three-party government, not any three-party government.

I think "rainbow" was meant to represent fact that the coalition members at that time spanned the available political spectrum.

There is no left wing party in current coalition. All 3 parties are centre right. FF/FG are almost identical. Used to be said jokingly, but now it is undeniable. Greens are often a left wing party economically, but not really in Ireland. Our Greens are centre right IMO. They are for FF/FG/former PD voters who worry about the environment (or in some cases, affect that they do!).

The greens in Ireland probably are the furthest left of the 3 however in government negotiations they have to sacrifice any real input on economic policy to the larger partners and focus on the green policies. It's the green policies rather than economic ones which got them elected.