Simon Coveney: It ‘makes sense’ to go to polls in June 2020

Tánaiste Simon Coveney has confirmed that the Government wants to nail down a date for the next general election and that it would “make sense” to go to the polls in June 2020.

Pressed about whether he thought this would bring s tability amid the chaos of Brexit, Mr Coveney said it would be “sensible” if Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil can agree a time for the election.

The remarks come after a meeting last week between Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin at which the possibility of fixing a 2020 summer election date was discussed.