GARYVOE, Ireland (Reuters) - Ireland's next parliamentary election should be held in May, Prime Minister Leo Varadkar said on Thursday, arguing another eight months should allow his minority government to see the country through the worst of Brexit.
Varadkar's Fine Gael party rules through a cooperation deal that the main opposition Fianna Fail party extended after the uncertainty created by Britain's protracted exit from the European Union kept either side from calling an election last year.
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