Miriam Lord on Varadkar resignation: Heather and Helen appeared teary-eyed, a grey-faced Simon Harris looked positively stricken and Paschal’s bottom lip quivered with emotion
Heather and Helen appeared teary-eyed, a grey-faced Simon Harris looked positively stricken and Paschal’s bottom lip quivered with emotionTaoiseach Leo Varadkar addresses the media at Government Buildings with, l-r, fellow Ministers, Hildergarde Naughton, Heather Humphreys, Simon Harris, Simon Coveney, Paschal Donohoe and Helen McEntee.
The Taoiseach arrived 13 minutes late for his appointment with destiny, with his senior party colleagues in tow. Compared to them, he looked almost happy. But then, Heather Humphreys, Helen McEntee, Hildegarde Naughton, Simon Harris, Simon Coveney and Paschal Donohoe looked completely distraught.
It was hard to watch, remembering those days of joyful promise when Leo was elected party leader at an exuberant coronation in Dublin’s Mansion House. Youthful and energetic and a different type of leader. “If I was thinking of throwing my hat in the ring I’d ring up Willie Mullins and ask him to be my campaign manager” said one Opposition TD, still in Cheltenham mode.“There are three types of deputies in the parliamentary party” explained a Government veteran. “Ministers, aspiring backbenchers and retirees. Some of those people who said they are going after the election are thinking they may have been a bit premature. A new boss might consider them for the jobs Leo denied them.
But he is “absolutely steadfast and consistent” in his belief that the Coalition should run its full course.
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