Former taoiseach told reporters at Fianna Fáil ardfheis he believed Coalition would run for full term
Former taoiseach and Fianna Fáil leader Bertie Ahern arrives at the party's ardfheis at the Dublin Royal Convention Centre. Photograph: Damien Storan/PA Wirewould have called a general election for mid-June if he was making the decision about an election date, he said.Speaking to the media he said: “If it was my decision the election would be mid-June when it’s warm, it’s bright until 10.30 at night. But that’s not going to happen.
Before his appointment as Taoiseach Mr Harris served as minister for further and higher education, and before his appointment as minister for health he served as minister of state for finance. “If you try to take too many issues you get spread too thin. It’s very hard. There’s always the unpredictable. The one thing when you’re Taoiseach you get up in the morning and the day never runs as you think it will.”
Mr Ahern, who spent the morning out canvassing with Dublin local election candidate John Stevens, declined to set a target for the number of councillors Fianna Fáil could win at the election on June 7th.
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