Tánaiste Says Preparations Underway Ahead Of General Election

The Tanaiste says preparations for the Labour Party's manifesto are underway ahead of the next General Election.

Joan Burton says she met with her party's National Executive and General Council on Saturday.

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Speculation about the date of next year's election is continuing, after a a poll in yesterday's Sunday Times showed the government parties at their highest level of support since February 2014.

The Behaviour and Attitudes survey put Fine Gael and Labour on a combined 39 percent, which would be enough to form another coalition.

But Tanaiste Joan Burton, says she's not taking the results of polls too seriously yet.