Independent TDs say a new alliance they're forming will be a 'landmark shift' in Irish politics.

Shane Ross and Michael Fitzmaurice are among the organisers of the alliance, which held its first meeting over the weekend.

The new group has released a 'hit list' of ten policies around which its candidates will align - but, beyond that, has yet to publish its full platform to tell voters exactly what exactly its members will stand for. 

The group says it will not form a party - and that it would be prepared to back any government in a confidence motion, as long as the government was committed to implementing its ten key policies.

Should add that, only after filing that package on Ind Alliance meeting, did they send me their 10 key principles pic.twitter.com/pfNclfd0RR

— Gavan Reilly (@gavreilly) March 30, 2015

This would suggest that the group would not seek to hold ministerial office or be a formal part of any coalition.

However, as Today FM's Gavan Reilly reported for the National Lunchtime News, some of the alliance's key figures.