Fine Gael is to consider running candidates in elections in Northern Ireland.
Delegates at the party's Ard Fheis have voted to set up a working group to explore the idea of electing Fine Gael members north of the border.
However the motion doesn't include elections to Westminster - and only includes elections for local councils, the European Parliament and the Stormont Assembly.
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Fergal Crinion from Raheny, who proposed the move, says a true Irish party should try to represent all Irish citizens:
