#GE2020 game on:
First ever Saturday election will be held on Feb 8th. @LeoVaradkar going heavy on #Brexit in his remarks pic.twitter.com/aaJ6hrklC7— Stephen Murphy (@SMurphyTV) January 14, 2020
This lunchtime.
At Government Buildings.
Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar announces, and confirms, that he informed the Cabinet this morning that he will go to Áras an Uachtaráin this afternoon and ask President Michael D Higgins to dissolve the 32nd Dáil.
He said:
“I’ve always said that the election should happen at the best time for the country. Now is that time.”
Earlier: A Past To Look Forward To
UPDATE:
A quick wave goodbye and Leo Varadkar is off to the park #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/Aczm8ZVPOV
— Seán Defoe (@SeanDefoe) January 14, 2020
UPDATE:
Taoiseach @LeoVaradkar arrives at Áras @PresidentIRL @rtenews #GE2020 pic.twitter.com/zX7Um2daQd
— Paul Cunningham (@RTENewsPaulC) January 14, 2020
UPDATE:
Bród and Síoda are not impressed at being excluded from the big Áras #GE2020 moment @PresidentIRL @rtenews pic.twitter.com/LjnKQ4g99I
— Paul Cunningham (@RTENewsPaulC) January 14, 2020
Mmf.
‘First ever Saturday election’… ???
Second!
14 December 1918 was a Saturday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election
interesting; ta for that.
‘First ever Saturday election’… ???
Second!
14 December 1918 was a Saturday
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1918_Irish_general_election
Technically correct. But it was a different jurisdiction.
Heh! The original tweet was not specific!
True that this is the first Saturday election in the history of this State for this State, but not the first in Ireland.
It was so important to show the brooding dogs Bród and Síoda at Áras An Uachtaráin reflecting the brooding mood of the electorate.
Oops: sorry for double posting! Delay on my device is my excuse :) Bodger: any way you can delete and keep the feed clean?
Teachers furious they won’t be getting yet another day off as schools used as polling stations…
big, giddy grin on leo as he entered the aras
Yoda/Miggeldy seemed happy too, unsurprisingly.