Dara Calleary interview: Budget plans, the Fianna Fáil leadership and Leo Varadkar’s ‘divisive’ comments on rural Ireland

Dara Calleary interview: Budget plans, the Fianna Fáil leadership and Leo Varadkar’s ‘divisive’ comments on rural Ireland

Dara Calleary says he is too busy to get involved in “imaginary conversations”.

Dara Calleary: Budget plans, Fianna Fáil leadership and Varadkar’s comments on rural Ireland

Dara Calleary says he is too busy to get involved in “imaginary conversations”. One week after a Sunday Independent/Ireland Thinks poll showed him gain ground on potential rivals to become the next Fianna Fáil leader, the 53-year-old Social Protection Minister instead wants to focus on the nuts and bolts of running a department that is eyeing a new disability payment and reform of the social welfare system. “Paper never refuses ink, no offence t…