I am no longer best man to be Irish PM – Varadkar
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar became the Republic of Ireland’s youngest prime minister in 2017.
Fine Gael leader Leo Varadkar became the Republic of Ireland’s youngest prime minister in 2017.
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Leo Varadkar has served as taoiseach since December 2022, and previously from 2017 to 2020 – at the age of 38, being the youngest person to hold the position in office. During the campaign for the 2015 same-sex marriage referendum, Varadkar came out as gay becoming the first serving Irish minister to do so. Varadkar…