Irish Prime Minister Simon Harris sets date for general election

Ireland’s prime minister has set a date for a general election and will ask the president to dissolve parliament ahead of voting.

Simon Harris announced the formal start of the election campaign as 29 November, saying the “time is now right” to ask the Irish people for a new mandate.

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