Summary: <a href="http://jimocallaghan.com/" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Jim O’Callaghan</a> is a <a href="https://twitter.com/ocallaghanjim" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">senior counsel</a>, and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jim_O%27Callaghan" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">TD for Dublin Bay South</a>. He was <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/fg-and-ff-agree-minority-government-the-only-show-in-town-1.2605715" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">key to the negotiations between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil</a> that led to the formation of the current governmnet.<br> This is <a href="http://www.irishtimes.com/news/politics/the-full-document-fine-gael-fianna-f%C3%A1il-deal-for-government-1.2633572" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">the text of the confidence and supply agreement</a> between Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael. <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lib%E2%80%93Lab_pact#1977" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">Information is here about the Lib-Lab pact</a>, where the British Labour Party, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_general_election,_October_1974" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">with just under 50 per cent of UK MPs was supported by the 13 Liberal MPs</a>, who comprised two per cent of the House Of Commons, and this is information about <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confidence_and_supply" data-wpel-link="external" target="_blank" rel="external noopener noreferrer">confidence and supply arrangements in general</a>.<br>
