Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that he doesn't want there to be a General Election this year. The Fine Gael government is currently benefiting from a confidence and supply agreement with Fianna Fáil - an agreement that Micheál Martin says he doesn't want to leave until after Brexit. Speaking on the Today with Sean O'Rourke show on RTÉ Radio he said it is his "intention not to have an election this year... but it may not be my call". "Ironically the next day I met the Archbishop and he advised me to use the metaphor of a doctor who advises people not to smoke and drink but does so themselves. "Sometimes we pick the wrong words," he added, before defending himself by saying he was brought up as a Catholic and his sisters both had Catholic weddings.

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 10:00 UTC