News about Leo Varadkar

Things might look a little grim for small-c conservatives in British politics right now. But there is some good news from the front line in Britain's culture wars. All hail the anti-woke revolution! The backlash against intrusive 'progressive' diktats, imposed trans ideology and politically-correct language is gathering pace, from hospitals and schools to public loos. In another blow to the gender extremists, the Government is introducing new rules designed to 'halt the march of gender-neutral toilets' in non-domestic premises. New buildings such as bars, restaurants, shopping centres and offices will be required to provide single-sex toilet facilities for men and women 'to alleviate safety, privacy and dignity concerns'. The new legislation follows a government consultation in which 81 per cent of respondents wanted separate single-sex facilities; 82 per cent also favoured 'universal toilets' - self-contained, fully enclosed lavatories for individual use, each with its own wash basin.

Harris, 37, will become Ireland's youngest-ever prime minister when he is formally installed in the role at a ceremony with President Michael D. Higgins. The centre-right Fine Gael party - part of a three-party governing coalition - selected Harris as its leader following an uncontested election after Varadkar's resignation. Parliamentarians on Tuesday voted 88 to 69 in favour of him becoming 'taoiseach' - a Gaelic word for 'chieftain' or 'leader'. On accepting the nomination, Harris told parliament: 'I commit to doing everything that I can to honour the trust that you have placed in me today. This is very much a partnership government and I intend to lead us in the spirit of unity, collaboration and mutual respect,' he said, watched on by his wife and children. 'I want to bring new ideas and new energy and I hope a new empathy to public life. Time is certainly short, and there's a lot to do,' Harris added.

Following the Easter break, Simon Harris, 37, who is now the further and Higher Education Minister, will be officially elected as the Taoiseach in the Dail in April. Willie Geraghty, the party's executive council's chairman, made the announcement in Athlone after nominations closed and no other candidates applied for the leadership. Mr Harris, the father of two children, has been characterized as 'energetic,' a great communicator,' and as having a "vision for Ireland that is concerned equality of opportunity" by his party colleagues. His resignation came after Leo Varadkar's shocking announcement that he would step down as the head of Fine Gael and resign as taoiseach as soon as his replacement was confirmed.

Following a rally that attracted a slew of parliamentarians, MEPs, and councillors to support him as the party's next leader, the Further and Higher Education Minister declared his candidature on Thursday night. Harris is likely to be officially elected as the Taoiseach in the Dail in April following the Easter recess, and he will become the country's youngest premier at the age of 37. Both the father of two boys has been portrayed as "energetic," a "great communicator," and as having a "vision for Ireland that promotes equality of opportunity." He has been in charge of three departments for three years, a media-savvy, personable politician who is well-versed on social media platforms Instagram and TikTok. Elected to the Wicklow County Council at the age of 23, he was described as a "new puppy" by one dismissive councillor, but he is now expected to lead his country.

Barrett did not want to get involved in politics, according to the taoiseach, who will remain the acting head of the government until his replacement is identified. Varadkar said, 'This was never meant to be for him,' and that the complexities of the top job in Irish politics meant he was yet to discuss the decision with his family.' Varadkar, Ireland's first openly gay prime minister in 2017, said yesterday that a key part of leadership is knowing when to pass on the baton to someone else - and then having the confidence to do it.' The 45-year-old chief said he made his decision for 'personal and political' reasons. His bombshell resignation blasted the beginning of a bitter leadership fight in his Fine Gael party.

The 45-year-old's meteoric rise to the top began as he became the first individual from an ethnic group to become the Taoiseach by education and of Irish and Indian roots. His election as the first openly gay prime minister in Ireland's transition from a conservative Catholic country to an outward-looking socially liberal one was also celebrated, although his own political views are conservative. He has served as Taoiseach and Tanaiste, the deputy prime minister, in a coalition for seven years, but despite his initial fame, he has also courted scandals during a period dominated by Brexit and Covid-19. During a 2020 park tour, he was accused of disgracefully violating his own government's social distancing rules and was forced to apologise for a number of gaffes and was arrested for a suspected classified information leak, and police were forced to investigate an alleged unlawful document leak in 2021.

Leo Varadkar, the Prime Minister of Ireland, has denied that he has nothing lined up after his time in high office. Varadkar, Ireland's first openly gay prime minister in 2017, said that part of leadership is knowing when to'pass the baton to someone else - and then having the confidence to do so.' "I have nothing else lined up or in mind," He said. No concrete personal or political goals have been identified, but I am looking forward to having the time to consider them.'

Varadkar's resignation as the leader of a three-party coalition does not inevitably result in a general election, and he could be replaced by a new Fine Gael leader, with a leadership election planned for early April. It comes after the government was overwhelmingly defeated in two referendums on proposed reforms to the Irish constitution. Varadkar, Ireland's first openly gay prime minister in 2017, said that a vital part of leadership is knowing when to pass on the baton to someone else - and then having the confidence to do it.' He described his service in politics as "the most fulfilling period in my life," in a speech to journalists earlier today, but acknowledged that the time had come for him to move because the country's new Taoiseach and a new chief would be better placed than me."

President Joe Biden commemorated his Irish roots and hosted a Saint Patrick's Day brunch at the White House with Ireland Prime Minister Leo Varadkar to commemorate the holiday. According to the Kentucky Ministry, Biden and Varadkar were welcomed by the Catholic Church's leaders and some 200 guests to dine on a menu of traditional Irish dishes, including colcannon, Irish soda bread, eggs Florentine, and bacon. Millions of Americans around the country were joined by many green and refreshing beverages as part of the holiday.

During a meeting with Leo Varadkar, the president turned over his notecard, giving a look at the handy pronunciation dictionary. At one point, Biden turned his notecard around, allowing photographers to snap a snapshot of the contents, which was titled 'IRELAND MEETING PARTICIPANTS.' It came as he welcomed and acknowledged the Taoiseach, whose name is difficult for some Americans to pronounce.

During a meeting with Leo Varadkar, the president turned over his notecard, giving a look at the useful pronunciation dictionary.

The plan would have extended marriage to include 'durable partnerships,' such as cohabiting couples. A bill that would have changed the language regarding a woman's "duty in the home" was also rejected by the public with a provision that would recognize care provided by family members to one another. However, this was also overwhelmingly defeated, with 73% of the population opposing it. The result was celebrated by the No-No campaigners (left and inset). When Leo Varadkar (pictured right) admitted that the government's two wallops had been turned down early Saturday, he confessed that the plans for reform had been turned down early on Saturday.

EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: He was just 41 when he announced his resignation after amassing an estimated £450 million. Since then, the 'Wizard of Oz', as Australian hedge fund whizz-kid Greg Coffey (left) has purchased an £83 million American estate in the Hamptons and the 12,000-acre Ardfin Estate on the Scottish island of Jura. However, Coffey is now at loggerheads with the jeweller, who lives in one of London's grandest squares, where another flat sold for just over £12 million eight months ago. Dorrit Moussaieff (right), 74, has become so flooded by water that she sloshes down from Coffey's apartment that she's shared a snapshot showing where ceiling panels have crashed to the ground, according to a photograph shared on social media. Moussaieff tells me, 'It has impacted me horribly.' Flooding has occurred repeatedly.' Water damage has now been excluded from the building.'

When Michelle O'Neill (right), the first republican to take the top job at Stormont, has promised to call a referendum on uniting Ireland after she meets Rishi Sunak (left) later today. Ministers have already dismissed the possibility, while still insisting that the conditions for conducting a referendum in the province are 'definitely not met.' Ms O'Neill was accused by the DUP of focusing on 'divisive' issues rather than improving the lot of the people. Following a pact of exchange rules, powersharing was finally restored in Stormont (inset) over the weekend. Mr Sunak traveled to Belfast last night and is speaking with party leaders and Leo Varadkar this morning.

Farmers have been protesting for weeks against rising prices, cheap imports, climate policies, and bureaucracy. Likewise, Germany, which was stricken by farmer protests earlier this month, is now facing a bruising public transport strike. On Friday, when 90,000 public transport workers were forced to walk off the job, bus and tram stations around the country ground came to a halt, injuring millions of commuters and visitors alike.

In September, the Troubles legacy act became statute and gives former soldiers and rebels with conditional amnesties after decades of brutality. The trial of those involved in three decades of bloodshed has been suspended in the United Kingdom, with the claim that they are unlikely to succeed and that an autonomous body should be established instead. Leo Varadkar, the Irish prime minister, said his government was left with "no choice" but to sue the UK Government over the Legacy Act, saying the government had 'good' legal advice was that it infringed the United Nations Convention on Human Rights. In a tweet, Secretary of State for Northern Ireland, Chris Heaton-Harris slammed the situation as "unnecessary," and said it arrived at a "particularly difficult time in Northern Ireland."

President Charles Michel (right, far right) announced the decision to begin formal accession negotiations as a "strong sign of hope for their people and the continent." On X, Volodymyr Zelensky (left and right center) said: "This is a victory for Ukraine." For the rest of Europe, it was a triumph. A win that motivates, inspires, and expands.' According to a European diplomatic source, Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban had decided not to be present in the room when the other leaders reached a consensus decision, and Orban said he had abstained. Orban denounced 'completely senseless, irrational, and wrong decision,' in a video shared on social media, but claimed that "26 other countries have demanded that this decision be taken." Orban may have called off the summit if he had opted for his veto, but he resigned just one day after the European Commission deactivated 10 billion euros (£8.6 billion) in frozen funds for Hungary. Orban brought his argument to the forefront,' Leo Varadkar, Ireland's prime minister, said.

During the attack in Dublin, Leanne Flynn (left) was repeatedly stabbed, although she thankfully shielded the five and six-year-old children from the lone knifeman. As she stepped in front of the attacker, she sustained serious neck injuries. Leanne spent a week in intensive care, but last week, she was moved to a high dependency unit as she continued to recover from her wounds. Though the mother of a five-year-old stabbed outside a school claims she is displaying 'incredible strength' as she remains critically wounded in hospital. The motives for the attack are still unclear, but police have ruled out it being terror-related.

As Gardai investigated the incident in the midst of rising tensions in the Irish capital, a knifeman threatened staff in a Dublin Aldi. The incident occurred yesterday evening at a supermarket in Ashtown, Dublin 15. A few minutes after reports of a threatening man in Aldi, Garda were called to the scene. The man was left empty handed in Adli. A man walks into the store and yells at a member of staff, according to footage.

The sinister Telegram voice note that sparked the Dublin riots just hours after a horrific knife assault on three schoolchildren has been revealed. 'Bally [balclava] up, tool up... and whoever f***ing stranger kill them," a troubling call to arms sent by a private group of self-proclaimed Irish 'patriots' at 5.22 p.m. on Thursday. The unsubstantiated internet rumors that the individual behind the knife attack, which killed three children and a woman, was a foreign national, fuelled the riots.

Caio Benicio, 43, has outlined how he stopped a knife attacker on Dublin's Parnell Square yesterday. The father-of-two was praised for stopping the bloodshed, which left a five-year-old girl seriously ill, and a woman who worked at the school is now in the hospital after being injured as she stood between the knifeman and his innocent victims. The perpetrator had sparked a line of young schoolchildren who were being taken into an after-school care facility by a creche worker. Mr Benicio is a Brazilian de Janeiro native who immigrated to Ireland a year ago. He described how he struck the man who had assaulted three young children and the female creche worker.

In protest over the attack, which also wounded two adults, including a woman and the accused knifeman, thugs fought running battles with riot cops, looted stores, and torched a double-decker bus. In the worst protests in the city in years, police in riot gear stood guard on the streets in Dublin's capital as crowds booed them with chanting and fireworks. Flames soared from a vehicle and the bus near O'Connell Bridge over the River Liffey, while crowds transformed into shops and looted one of the city's main shopping streets. The uprising came after a five-year-old girl sustained serious injuries in a reported stabbing on Parnell Square East, which is located in north-central Dublin. After the incident around 1.30 p.m., two other children, as well as the mother and the suspected perpetrator of the assault, were admitted to the hospital.

Last night, EU heads of state met to discuss Europe's reaction to the worsening violence triggered by a Hamas terrorist strike. The Taoiseach maintained that there was "unity" in the EU after having previously chastised European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen for "lacking balance" by granting EU recognition to Israel in Gaza without any request for compliance with international legislation. Following the meeting, he said, 'differences of opinion and accents of emphasis' had also emerged, but he said: 'What I would have taken away from the meeting was a strong feeling among those attending the meeting, that we should be fair in our remarks and what we say; and that I think that was widely accepted by everyone.' Yes, Israel has the right to defend itself, but not necessarily a carte blanche.'

Palestinian gunmen stormed the Supernova Festival, which had been held near Kibbutz Re'im, close to Gaza, as part of the Gaza Strip's surprise assault, which had been announced on Saturday. The deadly rave, which survivors said had "good vibes" going into the night, lasted all night until 6.30 a.m. when a siren began blaring warning of rockets. Festival goers were warned of rocket attacks. Truckloads of armed gunmen were knocking down the festival and swarming the city, firing indiscriminately into the crowd, which they didn't expect. While police are seen trying to assist people evacuate, a terrifying video shows party goers screaming as shots are fired, with police officers screaming as shots are fired. Some are heard shouting, 'go, go, go!' They clutched hands and sprinted away from the oncoming cars that followed behind and sprayed bullets as they sprinted away from the oncoming trucks. Meanwhile, survivors of the disaster who posted videos of the shooting on social media detailed how they were compelled to hide under bushes as they watched victims be killed one by one before hearing the sound of people rescuers speaking in Hebrew five hours later.