Jody Corcoran: 'Who will move first? Varadkar and Martin ponder right time for election'
The end of the current Government is nigh - but timing is everything for Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, says Jody Corcoran
Sooner or later, either Leo Varadkar or Micheal Martin will have to take the decision both have been putting off for some months now - to end this Government.
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