Sinn Fein and how do they form a government dilemma

We got rid of ground rent after the british left, thankfully. Some areas in the UK still have this today. A ridiculous concept.

Well done on being appointed spokesman for everyone.

A coalition is always a pragmatic compromise. I knew that in the world of realpolitick that FF and FG would, if necessary, coalesce. You could see that when they went into C&S and it was why Micheal felt it necessary to tell voters he would 'never' do it.

Those in the media and political observers saw Michael Martin open the door to a SF coalition and shut it again when he realised he would not get the seats he thought he would to allow him negotiate first go at Taoiseach. He turned to a party with less seats. A party who thought that putting FF in charge was like putting John Delaney back in the FAI.

SF said they will talk to anyone about coalition. They haven't done the sham rhetoric of 'We'll never…'.etc etc

Speaking after meeting the Green Party leader Eamon Ryan on Wednesday, Mrs McDonald said: "I have made it clear since before the election - and after - that I will speak to all parties in the interests of forming a government; starting with those th a mandate for change.

Ideally, they wouldn't want to form a coalition, no party would.

I don't think (I don't know what the SF view on this is) that a government of other parties had a chance of stability, no.

A smart move IMO. For the country and themselves.

I have said before, I don't think they should enter a government here if they cannot negotiate a satisfactory programme for government.

I thought the prior act abolished it and that the purchase scheme ended it. For private property anyway.

Yes, new houses built after 1978 don't have ground rent as it was abolished. You are correct.

Where it exists prior to 1978, there is a right to buy it out.

You are substantially correct that ground rent has been abolished for private housing.

A nitpicking pedantic response that distorted the truth and confused the issue was what you got back from that poster.

Well 1978 was after the british left. Now, I don't see why you're being so obfuscatory here

Do you agree with a leasehold model for housing?

Not generally. If defined for certain types of property and the leaseholder is not a private investor, I think it could work.

The idea of a left coalition is fantasy. In the first instance, PBP/RISE will never enter government. They exist to protest and pontificate, the idea of governing or compromising is anathema to them. Paul Murphy is one of the only TDs to criticise the Hate Speech bill, but realistically he would have no problem with the state using the law against those who disagree with them, he just knows he'll never ever be in government to exercise that power himself.

The on top of that, how could Sinn Féin and the Greens agree to govern when Sinn Féin oppose just about every environmental policy the government brings in? They'll always claim the environment is a top priority for them, but that the steps taken to reduce emissions, or protect wildlife shouldn't involve any effort or change on anyone's part. Sinn Féin aim for the "D4 bike riding Greens are out to kill real rural Ireland" vote; one of the their top TDs described the prospect of the Greens losing all their seats in the next election as the "best case scenario".

Then you've Labour, the SDs, Aontú who'll all have their own demands too.

But even if they'd overcame those issues and united all the parties other than FF and FG in a coalition, they'd have needed 13 Independents to get the slimmest possible majority. A majority which would always be on a knife edge and where all it'd take to collapse the government would be for a single disgruntled TD from any of the 10+ factions in the coalition to defect.

then tries it's best 

Really? I'll let a former Green Party member explain it:

The Green Party over the last two decades is devoid of strong principled leadership, just at a time when it is really needed. There is an ethos of compromise and playing the game, whatever the politics of the day. There is an ideology that the Green Party can be all things to all people. A sense that the party is lucky if it can get into government, and no matter what main party is in the driving seat, we can tack on to it and get some of our policies adopted, like a sucker-fish alongside a great white shark. We are the ‘tack-on party’, never to be leaders, always the scapegoats for anti-green outrage and at the same time a supplier of the best stolen ideas.

They'll 'tack themselves on' to whosoever offers them comfortable seats. They'd have no dilemma entering a SF coalition in other words.

https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/why-im-leaving-green-party-conor-coady/

In my previous post I noted that the Greens won't be bothered by losing seats, because they have achieved real permanent change. Power doesn't matter to them if they can't achieve change.

Sinn Fein are the new Fianna Fail, the achievement of power is the objective, not the welfare of the people, not the future of the country. Each and every policy is up for changing if that is the populist way. From penal tax increases, to the Special Criminal Court, to open borders for everyone, Sinn Fein has changed its policies over the last few years, all in a desperate attempt to achieve power. Not just changed its policies, after all, every political party makes adjustments in policy from time to time, but Sinn Fein have completed huge u-turns, following the people, not leading them.

Real leadership is about bringing change when it is the right thing to do, and now wavering from that. The Greens have demonstrated that leadership throughout this government, while Sinn Fein have done the opposite.

The Greens will lose seats in the next election but they will be back. More importantly, the legacy of their achievements this time around will live on.

I think they are more and more redundant tbh. Membership of the EU requires all parties in government to implement green policies.
The next wipeout may be the last one for them.

 from a group that would never vote for them in the first place

4.2% in the last poll suggests it's more than a group who have a problem with them.