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Leo Varadkar says Donald Trump let slip two 'dangerous' traits behind-the-scenes
Donald Trump
Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has opened up about what Donald Trump was like behind-the-scenes during his 2019 Ireland visit — and shared two traits that made him "dangerous"
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Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar admits his farmer subsidies remarks 'went too far'
Leo Varadkar
The ex-leader of Fine Gael went on to say he "did not mean to annoy anyone."
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'We’re the ones paying the bills': Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar blasted over farmer subsidies comments
Leo Varadkar
The Fine Gael leader said recently: "People in rural Ireland are very quick to tell people in urban Ireland that ‘we are the real workers, we’re the ones paying the bills, we’re the ones feeding the country.’"
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Leo Varadkar issues brutal reality check on Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch's political comeback plan
Gerry The Monk Hutch
Exclusive - Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar says Gerry 'The Monk' Hutch faces an uphill battle in the upcoming Dublin North Central by election.
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Leo Varadkar insists Donald Trump is 'good craic' on Ryan Tubridy podcast
Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar was speaking on Ryan Tubridy's podcast
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Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar contacts gardai after video emerges of him being confronted in Dublin
Leo Varadkar
Mr Varadkar insists he will not be intimidated
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Leo Varadkar says he believed Jim Gavin was a Fine Gael supporter
Irish presidential election
There have been murmurs that the former Dublin GAA boss is a “Fine Gaeler”
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Kathryn Thomas' throwback to school days with Leo Varadkar
Kathryn Thomas
TV presenter Kathryn Thomas has opened up about her school days and how she was different from the former Taoiseach
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Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar makes scathing remark to Keir Starmer after Kneecap comments
Kneecap
The UK Prime Minister doesn't believe the Belfast rap group should be playing at Glastonbury
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NI Deputy First Minister accuses Leo Varadkar of trying to 'reinvent himself' after Irish unity comments
Leo Varadkar
Varadkar said this week he would “forgo two years of economic growth” for the unification of Ireland
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RTE star Miriam O'Callaghan to tell all about 'worst year of my life' as she releases first memoir
Miriam O'Callaghan
The host said it has taken her 20 years to write the book
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Leo Varadkar to face 'ultimate test of survival' in new RTE adventure series
Leo Varadkar
The former Taoiseach will be 'pushed to his limit' as he joins a star-studded line-up for a new RTE survival show fronted by former Special Forces Operator Ray Goggins
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Confidential GP contract leaked by Leo Varadkar had never been declassified, says top civil servant
Leo Varadkar
Robert Watt, secretary-general of the Department of Health, said it was his understanding an agreement to keep the document secret “would have been made explicit” during the negotiation process
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Former Taoiseach Leo Varadkar could be a witness in Super Junior Minister High Court case
Leo Varadkar
People Before Profit TD Paul Murphy is the second TD to launch legal proceedings suggesting that the presence of "Super Junior Ministers" attending Cabinet meetings is unconstitutional
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Leo Varadkar has finally lost his Garda protection almost a year after he resigned as Taoiseach
Leo Varadkar
EXCLUSIVE: The former Fine Gael leader – who is a hate figure for some elements of the far right – has been told the security detail can be reinstated if gardai assess he is under threat
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Dublin West general election 2024 results in full
General election
See election results for the Dublin West constituency including which TDs were elected
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Joe Brolly revisits RTE fallout: 'I cannot speak the truth because it's dangerous to the establishment'
Joe Brolly
"I was taken off air on RTE for very mild comments that I made during a discussion about the potential for Irish unity"
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Sinn Féin needed an intervention, but it never came. Now it's too late to save them
Sinn Fein
The party that was once the most popular is now imploding before our eyes. What happpened?
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Leo Varadkar was told of Agent Cobalt allegations when he was Taoiseach - and believed them
Leo Varadkar
Leo Varadkar knew of claims an Irish politician was working for the Russians when he as serving as Taoiseach
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Sinn Féin 'election ready' and set to run record number of candidates, says McDonald
Sinn Fein
There is a "real sense of positivity and optimism" within the party ahead of the forthcoming election, the Sinn Féin leader has said
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Ivana Bacik describes Leo Varadkar's comments on immigration as a 'new low'
Immigration
The Fine Gael TD, who stood down as party leader and Taoiseach in March, made the comments in an interview with the University of Notre Dame’s college newspaper during a recent trip to the American college
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Mary Lou McDonald accuses Leo Varadkar of releasing his 'inner Shinner'
Leo Varadkar
In an interview with the Irish Times, Mr Varadkar, who stood down as Fine Gael leader and Taoiseach in April, stated that all parties should make a pledge in their election manifesto that Irish unification is "an objective, not an aspiration"
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Major change to Child Benefit scheme set to be excluded from Budget 2025 announcement
The Budget
It's expected that a host of cost of living measures will be announced on October 1 - but one thing won't be introduced
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Former President Mary Robinson criticises 'indifference' towards 'appalling' Sudan war
Sudan
The former Irish President, alongside a range of humanitarian organisations, called on the Irish Government to use its power at the United Nations (UN) to convince world leaders to introduce an arms ban in the African region.
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