Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

Not a fan, but we'll done for having the courage to do it.

I'd be conserned about the amount of people who won't go in to politics at the moment abuse on social media is only one aspect but it is a large consideration for those who want to go in to politics, let alone the scrutiny on their family and safety conserns.

How the hell is the country run into the ground. Full employment, good economy etc. We're richer than ever.

People have very short memories. Yes housing is a problem and it needs be resolved.

Health has been a problem for over 40 years that just can't get resolved. Immigration is not the issue that people online would have you think it is.

I grew up in the 80s with mass emigration, 20% unemployment. No prospects., Complete dominance by the church. No contraception, no abortion, homosexuality was illegal, teenage pregnancies everywhere despite efforts to stop people having sex, road deaths were about 450 a year, everybody drank and drove everywhere, more corruption, no motorways. I could go on forever.

It's much better now believe me.

Maybe if they did a better job of running our country they wouldn’t get the abuse ?

Not another red cent Leo said...and then pumped billions more into the banks like Anglo.

Catherine Connollys words have to hurt.

Unjust and unfair, out of touch.

Tell that to the homeless and to those on hospital trollies . Tell that to carers and to those crying out for respite for their special needs children

tell it to young people stuck at home who cant afford to rent or buy

tell it to kids with scoliosis who cry in pain while waiting for surgery

Most people on here haven't a clue.

They are not abused because of the job they are doing.

They are getting abused by three types of people who have unparalleled new access to abuse and threaten via social media:

1. Those who just disagree with their policies

2. Those who have achieved nothing in their own lives and have an axe to grind.

3. Nutters

It's the latter two of these who are the most visceral, some genuinely dangerous, and it's why more people won't go near politics. Why would they put themselves or their families through that?

A lot of the abuse online had nothing to do with politics

Simon Harris is 1/5 with paddy power to take over. Next in the betting is 7-1. In other words it’s practically a foregone conclusion. Simon Harris is meek and not very bright. During Covid whilst he was health minister he stated on the radio that we have to remember that there was 18 Covid’s before and we never got a vaccine for them. I mean come on.

Is that really the best FG have to offer? An absolutely thicko with the demeanour of a granny. Surely Coveney would be a better choice from a FG perspective

Varadkar brought the Gardaí to within 24 hours of a strike, left them decimated with morale at an all-time low, had garda cars with woke LGBTQ colours on them, ignored nurses on a measly pay rise, told freezing cold pensioners he "wasn't going to sign a blank cheque", stated "stick with us" to vulture funds who bought up entire housing estates and ripped off the Irish people, left the education service short of thousands of teachers, brought back emigration to 1980s levels for Irish people and invited in the world with nowhere to put them, spent €2 billion+ on one hospital as he maintained a recruitment freeze in the HSE, ran pointless referenda to try and remove mothers from the constitution, boasted of the many in his family he can now afford to take care of, led FG to their worst election result since 1948 (in terms of FPV) in 2020.....

An absolute utter disaster and useless politician/person.

For me Leo just oozed insincerity from day one, always more focused on Woke bullshit instead of the real and very serious problems facing the country.

And as a result what does he leave behind? worst ever housing crisis, people can't afford houses, can't afford to rent either, immigration crisis, Public health crisis, scandals...I mean he may not be the worst Taoiseach ever, but he's been abysmal for Ireland and now skips into the sunset with us in a terrible position facing all these mounting problems.

And he does it all with a constant,, sickening arrogance and smug grin plastered across his face, a totally and utterly self serving man who doesn't give two **** about anyone or anything other that Leo.

We shall see. EU or UN is my guess.

I didn't say the country was perfect or without problems.

The groups you mentioned need attention but there's no way that the country is in worse shape then 20 years ago or certainly 40 years ago.

Also, in relation to homelessness, an awful of these people are people with issues such as addiction or other social issues that are not going to be reslved a by a government or a taoiiseach.

Ireland is not the only country with a housing crisis.