Micheál Martin signals that pact could be agreed for post-Easter general election next year

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin has signalled that a pact could be agreed for a post-Easter general election next year, at which point there will be a “clear cut off point” for the lifetime of the current Dáil.

The suggestion will again prompt questions about whether Mr Martin and Taoiseach Leo Varadkar should sit down and formally agree a general election date.