Pat Rabbitte knows more than a thing or two about negotiating a Programme for Government. He was there in 1994 when the Rainbow coalition came together, and he was there too in 2011 when Labour lined up behind Fine Gael.  And while many might be sceptical about the import of a five-year strategy document, Rabbitte was more practical. As he reminded me recently, you don’t have to do everything listed in a Programme for Government, but it is practically impossible to get something done if it is not in the document. So, what is not in this Programme for Government? For…

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