Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil to meet for preliminary talks around government formation today
The two parties will both meet with the Green Party separately later this week.
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35 deputies did not get re-elected, including some high profile names.
The 62-year-old says he is standing in Dublin West to give people there a ‘protest vote’.
Sinn Féin has complained about the party’s exclusion from two debates.
It’s not known why the site is down, or for how long it will be down for.
McGrath said in a statement that this was the correct decision for him and his family, but that he was “far from retiring”.
It would be the first Saturday general election in this country since 1918.
Former TD Marian Harkin has also announced a tilt at the Dáil, while Sinn Féin’s only MEP Matt Carthy is also intending to run.
It has emerged that the updated register will not become valid until after Valentine’s Day.
The junior minister said he may rejoin or join another grouping after the election.
The Fianna Fáil leader also claimed that the Northern Irish assembly will be back up and running by 13 January. “Mark my words,” he said.
Leo Varadkar says the election should be May 2020, Micheál Martin wants it in Easter. Who will win out?
Opposition members are understood to be considering tabling a motion of no confidence against the health minister in the new year.