Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

Good politician but perhaps more swayed by larger finance jobs outside of Ireland.

He is in the race but I'd say a distance behind Harris.

Have only read the last page and while I obviously expected Leo to be mostly slated for his time in office, I never expected to read posts eulogising CJH and Bertie - two absolute f*cking crooks, the very embodiment of cronyism and their legacy is that they made it acceptable in many quarters to be in office purely for your own personal gain.

I raised my family in the 80’s . I lived it

We saw a doctor when we were sick , kids got spinal surgery when they needed it . Our grandparents were not left on a hospital trolly for 24 hours on a cold corridor . People didnt have much but they had school places and homes and didn’t wait 5 years for surgery on painful hips

This country is ä shameful shitshow at the moment if a child is left crying because she is in pain waiting for surgery . And if one eldery person is freezing cold on a hospital trolly

Nothing excuses ä Government that lets that happen . Nothing

It will feel like the same arguments, contracts must be honoured even if it means reducing social services.

They've absolutely shafted whole generations for locked rental goodies, and they'll be happy for security of tenure to remain unattainable for people in essential services.

Rent pressure zone limits are being ignored now as it's no secret the government is coasting to the end, a horse without a jockey.

FG could well fall apart if they pick Harris.

They will be annihilated at the locals if they elect him. That sais, suffering him for a few months may well be a price worth paying if it finishes his career.

Ok AGS in unmitigated mess where there is now such an internal disconnect that Inspectors and Sergeants association refused invite to commissioner.

Time spent on an unnecessary and anti democratic hate speech act where minister can't even define what hate speech is.

Time wasted on referendum where minister can't define what a durable relationship is and what effects there would be to legal constructs such as inheritance.

Failure to protect our borders and our people by not implementing processes to prevent entry into the country of people of unknown origin.

All you have to do is watch her when asked actual legitimate questions to see how out of her depth she is.

What makes this even more galling is they preferred her over a prominent experience legal counsel Jim O'Callaghan.

He must be the most pi**ed off politician in Dail Eireann.

Many people are blaming Ireland's issues on foreigners being here and that is 100% xenophobia. Sorry to break it to you.

Jesus I don’t know- the Harris fella seems like a bit of a Teflon don if ya ask me.

Id say hed be fond of the populist politics whereas paschal will at least tell it like it is to a certain extent.

Christ almighty I hope McEntee doesn’t get anywhere near this.

Could ya blame him for retiring when even your personal life is subject to ridicule like that?

Ahh FFS did I say All Schools, All GPs.

But a sizable number are affected, that is the point.

All A&Es are affected at this stage to some extent.

You seem to think because some things have improved over the last 30 years then isn't it great.

My point is over the last 5 to 7 years things have actually gone backwards in lots of areas.

And this is at a time when we have the money to try and fix things.

Instead the money is p**sed away on mismanaged projects, on trying to accommodate people that have no right to be in the state in the first place all to try and look good to others.

The government set the tone, the government can push the direction of an economy with investment/taxes, the government can affect society for good or bad with their decisions.

Yes things like war in Ukraine and the economic fallout is outside our governments control, but investment in public housing, curtailment of foreign investment funds, management of our borders is within our governments control last time I checked.

Yep. Lockdowns cheered on by all parties. Bunch of jokers.

The 1980s were bad. However I think the 2020s are worse for the majority but many are doing very well, thank you very much.

The country is in an absolute state through complete mismanagement.