@politico.com 4 years ago
Golden Irish boy abroad, unloved at home, Leo Varadkar braces for electoral defeat
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Ireland's prime minister, Leo Varadkar, is in trouble in Saturday's voting. He may have won Brexit, but with voters frustrated over a housing crisis, he is facing every politician’s curse of being a status quo figure in a change election. https://nyti.ms/377Gt7k
@nytimesworld 4 years ago
Brexit has faded quickly as an issue in Ireland, giving way to concerns about the housing shortage, rising rents and growing homelessness. For all his success as a diplomat, voters fault Mr. Varadkar for failing to confront these and other domestic woes. https://nyti.ms/385ENMT