Taoiseach calls for general election to be delayed until 2020

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has for the first time publicly called for the general election to be delayed until at least 2020, warning Brexit means politicians cannot continue to put the country at risk by "second guessing" each other over the date of the vote.

Taoiseach calls for general election to be delayed until 2020

Fiachra Ó Cionnaith, Political Correspondent in Venice, Italy

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has for the first time publicly called for the general election to be delayed until at least 2020, warning Brexit means politicians cannot continue to put the country at risk by "second guessing" each other over the date of the vote.

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