Time for a political merger?

Sir, – The seemingly inexorable march of Sinn Féin and the abysmal performance of the Labour Party in the recent elections will surely hasten the day when Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael join forces in order to prevent the Shinners from forming a coalition government with a motley collection of Independents. There’s not a whit of difference between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael; they’re just two sides of the same coin. It’s high time both centre-right organisations dispensed with the Civil War politics and agreed to coalesce in future administrations. – Yours, etc,

PAUL DELANEY,

Beacon Hill,

Dalkey,

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Co Dublin.