When, late last year, Taoisech Leo Varadkar met British prime minister Boris Johnson in Thornton Manor there was a positive response to the outcome.

The Taoisech Leo Varadkar has informed his Cabinet colleagues that General Election 2020 will take place on Saturday February 8.

The Cabinet has been called to a special Budget meeting this morning in Government Buildings.

SINN Féin’s leadership appears to be in denial about the root problems in the Northern Ireland peace process, Ulster Unionist leader David Trimble claimed last night.