Taoiseach Simon Harris set to confirm November general election

The Fine Gael leader will meet tomorrow with his Coalition leaders, Tánaiste Micheál Martin and Green Party leader Roderic O’Gorman.

At that meeting, the Taoiseach will agree with them that the election will be this side of Christmas.

But an official date won’t be announced yet.

The election won’t be called until after Halloween.

November 22 and November 29 are the two remaining possibilities.

Going into December is viewed as making the campaign too long.

Mr Martin and Mr O’Gorman are both on board for a general election next month.

The Dáil sits this week, then takes a mid-term break for Halloween and returns in the first week of November. However, that’s now expected to be the week when the general election is called.

Mr O’Gorman said last week he wanted polling day to be November 29. Mr Martin also signalled last week that he was…

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