Election campaign to formally start with dissolution of Dáil

The General Election campaign will formally begin later on Friday when Taoiseach Simon Harris asks the President to formally dissolve the Dáil.

The dissolution of the Dáil will trigger the start of what will be a relatively short three-week campaign ahead of polling day on Friday, November 29th.

Fine Gael leader Mr Harris will go to President Michael D Higgins’s residence at Áras an Uachtaráin in Phoenix Park to undertake the formalities required to call an election under the constitution.

It will bring to an end the four-and-a-half-year lifespan of the historic Fine Gael, Fianna Fáil and Green Party coalition government.

After the 2020 general election delivered an inconclusive result, Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil agreed to set aside almost a century of animosity and share power.

The Green Party joined the administration as a junior…

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