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Mar 20, 2024 · Micheál Martin and Leo Varadkar speaking at a debate during the 2020 General Election. Tánaiste Micheál Martin has said he is "surprised" by the Taoiseach's resignation. Leo Varadkar said he is ...
Dec 17, 2022 · Ireland has a new taoiseach (prime minister) - Leo Varadkar - as he and Micheál Martin swap roles. Eighty-seven TDs in the Dáil (Irish Parliament) voted to elect Mr Varadkar, while 62 were ...
Dec 17, 2022 · MICHEÁL MARTIN HAS resigned as Taoiseach after two-and-a-half years in office, paving the way for Leo Varadkar to take over the role later today. The Fianna Fáil leader tendered his resignation ...
- Why The Change of Personnel at The Top?
- What Happens to The Rest of The Government?
- Who Is Micheál Martin?
- Who Is Leo Varadkar?
Ireland’s 2020 general election resulted in three parties – Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael and Sinn Féin – each winning a substantial chunk of seats in the 160-seat Dáil (the lower house of the Irish parliament). Fianna Fáil emerged from the poll with the most seats at 38, while Sinn Féinsecured the most first preference votes but won 37 seats. Fine Gael, ...
The mid-term switch of premiers will also prompt a cabinet reshuffle in Dublin but there is expected to be minimal movement among the departmental portfolios. Mr Martin will become deputy premier (Tánaiste) and will also take on a ministerial post. Mr Varadkar, who held the enterprise brief when he served as Tánaiste, will vacate that post upon bec...
Mr Martin has been leader of Fianna Fail since 2011 and served as Taoiseach from June 2020 to December 2022. The 62-year-old worked as a teacher before entering politics and is married with three surviving children. He has been seen as a cautious, steady pair of hands during a turbulent time for Ireland with Covid restrictions, the stand-off betwee...
Mr Varadkar previously served as Taoiseach from 2017 to 2020 at the head of a minority Fine Gael administration which relied on an arrangement with Fianna Fáil to maintain power. A qualified medical doctor of Indian and Irish heritage, he was the youngest ever person to hold the office of Ireland’s premier at the age of 38. He came out as gay durin...
Mar 20, 2024 · Irish prime minister Leo Varadkar will step down as party leader immediately and will resign as taoiseach as soon as his Fine Gael successor is selected. Announcing his resignation, Mr Varadkar ...
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Mar 20, 2024 · LEO VARADKAR ANNOUNCED his resignation as Taoiseach and Fine Gael leader in a shock announcement at Government Buildings this afternoon. At about 12.15pm, Varadkar confirmed he would step down as ...
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Mar 20, 2024 · Ireland's President Michael D Higgins was told of the taoiseach's intention to resign shortly before Wednesday's press conference and the pair spoke immediately afterwards.
