The upcoming election - which will take place in just a few weeks time - will bring to an end an historic coalition in Ireland.
Ireland will go to the polls in a general election this month, the country's leader Simon Harris has announced. The taoiseach said the election will be held on 29 November, formally kicking off a truncated campaign which will last mere weeks. Mr Harris was appointed Irish prime minister - the youngest in the country's history - after Leo Varadkar's shock resignation in March.
Mr Harris could have waited until March when the coalition's five-year term comes to an end to go to the polls, but he has been paving the way for an election in recent weeks, announcing 10.5bn euros in tax cuts and spending increases last month. 'I'm looking forward to the weeks ahead and asking the people of Ireland for a mandate,' he told RTE News.
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