Theresa Reidy: Why a November election looks immensely more rational

An orderly end to the government is going to make the election campaign a much smoother affair. It seems likely that the Greens will have the strongest preference for a 2025 election but for Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, despite all the protestations, a November election looks immensely more rational

The Tánaiste Micheál Martin, Taoiseach Simon Harris and Minister Eamon Ryan have no choice but to insist publicly on the 2025 date. Photo: Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie

Over the election weekend, the Taoiseach, Tánaiste and leader of the Green Party were all quick to assert that the government would see out its term to March 2025. 

They have no choice but to insist publicly on the 2025 date. If there is even a hint of a late autumn election from any of them, every Dáil candidate in the country will go into campaigning overdrive.