Taoiseach caught between rock and a hard place on election date

IS THERE a possibility we might be about to have an unconstitutional general election? Of course, it’s never happened before in the history of the State.

Taoiseach caught between rock and a hard place on election date

And it would take the power and majesty of the Supreme Court to settle an issue like that rather than a mere columnist with the Irish Examiner.

But the timing of the election, at least what we know of it, raises the distinct possibility that it may indeed be in conflict with the requirements of the constitution.

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