Spare the country an election and go, says Fianna Fáil

Tánaiste Frances Fitzgerald could spare the country an unnecessary general election if she resigned, Fianna Fáil said yesterday.

Several of the party’s leading figures led the call for her to stand down in the national interest, as they no longer have confidence in her, given her mishandling of the Maurice McCabe email saga.

Their calls come as party leader Micheál Martin travelled to Dublin last night to meet with Taoiseach Leo Varadkar in a bid to stave off an election.