Fianna Fáil has confirmed that its leader, Micheál Martin, has written to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar seeking to strike a deal on a date for a general election next year.
However on RTÉ Radio 1 yesterday, Mr Varadkar said his preference is still a summer election "for a lot of reasons". He said there now essentially is "Brexit moving on to another phase. What we have achieved is avoiding a hard no-deal Brexit."Mr Varadkar also said the timing of the election may not be his or the Fianna Fáil leader's call due to the tight numbers in the Dáil for the minority Government.
Why would he give certainty? It’s been his country and his alone since he took power. Apart from his failed ministers no one else matters. If MM had a spine he would have made it public. Typically weak pressure from the “opposition”.
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