Posted on 03/20/2024 7:32:30 AM PDT by NYer
In 2017, Varadkar became the first gay prime minister of the once-staunchly Catholic country and the youngest person to hold the office. He returned to the premiership in 2022 under a rotation arrangement struck between Fine Gael and Fianna Fail, the two largest parties in a three-party coalition with the smaller Green Party.
Varadkar's government has overseen a sharp economic recovery from the COVID-19 pandemic but has struggled to tackle a decade-long housing crisis and more recently the pressure on services from record numbers of asylum seekers and Ukrainian refugees.
He also suffered an embarrassing referendum defeat this month when a large majority of voters rejected proposals to replace constitutional references to a mother's "duties in the home", though other main parties, including Sinn Fein, also supported the government's proposal.
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Did not know this man was a homosexual, on top of his many other failings.
Ireland is dead. For the first time in my life I’m ashamed of my heritage.
Give it up Erin, YOU FAILED.
Was Varadkar born Catholic? Cuz he obviously ain’t practicing Catholicism now.
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