Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

I bet Leo and partner are split up

being called a blood sucking rent farmer is not an insult if it's accurate.

Fianna Fail got their smack from the electorate after their dependence to loose lending and developers, FG will get a similar smack for being subservient to rent farmers being let outbid first time buyers for new builds.

The minute the IMF was gone the cowboys were back.

I know people who work in the DFA and they all said he did a very good job.

Brexit has worked out well for Ireland, a lot better than it could have, he was the person in charge at the time, he gets the credit.

No the opposite is required to keep a growing economy going for the benefit of all its citizens.

Pascal Donohoe was trying to get the IMF job.

That's where his loyalties are.

He's trying to get out.

He should resign as well if that's the case.

You see the thing that has changed is internet and in particular social media has given a means where ordinary people, citizens, can voice their feelings and displeasure with political class, media types, business leaders, sports people.

Your post and others read almost as looking back and lamenting how civilised it was back in the day.

Years ago the political classes only had to deal with media organisations who often had tacit agreements with them.

Various political parties had their own media outlets that were favourable to them.

The common man (or woman) couldn't really share their feelings or beliefs bar maybe down the local pub or somewhere like speakers corner in London.

The parties loved that.

And come election time the local lickspittles/party members could steer the local party representatives clear of the local "loud mouths" that might voice their displeasure.

These same lickspittles would of course be rewarded for their loyalty.

But now anyone can publish what they think.

Politicians, media types, celebrities, business leaders love to use social media to sell themselves and their products, but they don't like it when people hit back.

Well tough shyte.

Do a good job and most people will say fair fooks to ya.

P**s all over us, at the same times as getting your old fashioned media and your own social media to tell us it is raining, then you should be prepared that your are going to told to go fook yourselves.

Yep and I bet that fantasy was exactly how Sweden played it too. And now even the most liberal let everybody in lunatics have admitted that flooding the place with fake asylum seekers/refugees was a huge mistake. Even our government that was calling everybody far right until recently that questioned this are saying that 60% are not legitimate. But keep pretending that they are all totally legit asylum seekers and that anybody that doesn't want to let it continue unchecked is anti immigration and people working. Spinning the truth is all you have to justify supporting this course of action. Oh and obligations.

Swedish politician regrets ‘refugees welcome’ policy: ‘We were fundamentally wrong on the immigration issue’ - Brussels Signal

That's an interesting take on it, stay there and do a job your not great at so you can receive more abuse for not doing the job.

The whole world is too connected and there are two many outside actors for an Irish government to make massive changes.

Are there really those out there who genuinely believe any government of any hue is going to bring about massive changes?

We've had decades of Irish politicians condemning people in the north for fighting the same fight as Michael Collins etc..

Leo was an absolute tramp via twitter when it came to lowering the tone of public discourse.

Edit to add, he loves giving it but not taking it.

Leo's unpopularity with the ordinary public cannot be underestimated.

He wasn't popular when he became Taoiseach and is even more unpopular leaving the role.

Good riddance to bad rubbish

Yes, it was no longer a durable relationship.

Wouldn’t be too sure -I think FF will gain a lot of votes next election possibly at the expense of FG- but saying that, there’s obviously a lot of Leo haters out there so they may support FG now that he’s gone but I think FF will still do well - SF of course is the unknown right now - they could massively shake up things all round and TBH the way the housing crisis is going, it’s the sort of conditions that will bring in such a party