Ireland announces general elections on Nov. 29

By Burak Bir

LONDON (AA) — Ireland will hold parliamentary elections in the last week of this month, the nation's prime minister, or taoiseach, announced on Friday.

Simon Harris confirmed in an address that he is seeking the dissolution of the Dail, the country's parliament, and said the elections will be conducted on Nov. 29, Friday.

The prime minister also noted that he plans to visit Aras an Uachtarain soon to ask President Michael Higgins to dissolve parliament.

Later, public broadcaster RTE reported, Harris and Higgins moved to the state rooms where the official dissolution of the 33rd Dail will take place.

Harris, who was in the Hungarian capital Budapest for European Political Community (EPC) summit, arrived in the Government Buildings in Dublin on Friday afternoon to announce the election date.