Three independent ministers from the outgoing Fine Gael-led government are on Micheál Martin’s list of targets to form a new coalition if election results today put Fianna Fail in a position to take power.

Kevin “Boxer” Moran, Seán Canney, and Katherine Zappone — if she holds her vulnerable seat in Dublin South-West — have all publicly or privately signalled their availability to serve in a new administration led by Fianna Fail. But Martin will also want to talk to former MEP Marian Harkin, who is expected to win a seat in Sligo-Leitrim; Michael McNamara, a former Labour deputy running as an independent in Clare; Michael Healy-Rae and his brother Danny, if elected in Kerry; and Michael Collins in Cork South-West.

Party sources would not speculate