US EditionLeo Varadkar to step down as Irish prime minister and party leader
- Varadkar has served as taoiseach in two separate periods and is currently sharing the position with Micheál Martin.
- Varadkar became the youngest-ever leader of Ireland and the country's first openly gay prime minister.
- Varadkar, of biracial descent, is the first biracial taoiseach of Ireland.
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Leo Varadkar's ruthless pursuit of power
Leo Varadkar resigned as all political leaders do: dispirited and unpopular, the sheen of his early years long since wiped away by the grinding realities of government. His party, Fine Gael, now trails badly in the polls. Ireland’s housing crisis borders on the obscene. And a certain edginess seems to have attached itself to the country he leads; a sense of popular discontent, even anger, simmering under the surface. Looking back, then, what is h
With an election year on the doorstep, Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar unexpectedly announced his resignation. He also relinquishes his position as party leader of Fine Gael. He calls the decision both personally and politically motivated. Varadkar (45) has surprised friends and foes with his decision. At an impromptu press conference, he said he believes, after thorough reflection and self-reflection, that a new prime minister is better suite…
The surprise decision by the "Taoiseach", announced on Wednesday, comes less than a year before the deadline for legislative elections.
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