Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil plan the establishment of a unit within the Department of An Taoiseach "to work towards a consensus on a united island". It comes as the parties look for another party to join them to form a government.  For reaction to this move were joined on the show this morning by Ben Lowry, Deputy Editor of the Belfast Newstletter

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