Politics

Ministers move to quash early election speculation

Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and the Greens have doubled down on their united front that the coalition will serve its full term

Michael McGrath, finance minister and senior member of Fianna Fáil, and Eamon Ryan, Green Party leader, said it was important for the government to run its full-term. Picture: Sasko Lazarov / RollingNews.ie

Senior ministers from Fianna Fáil and the Green Party have issued their support for the coalition to see through its full term, as upheaval in Fine Gael has stoked speculation as to whether the government will hold an early general election.

Speaking at two separate events, Eamon Ryan, the Green Party leader, and Michael McGrath, the Fianna Fáil minister for finance, doubled down on their party’s united front that a general election will not be ...