Leo Varadkar resigns as Taoiseach

Won't work.

And whoever they pick they'll be gone next time..for a while anyway .

Any minister who wants to come back at a later stage would be crazy to put their hat in the ring for this .

To be fair lighthouses are still fairly important

Just out of interest who will you vote for that you reckon will change things around?

A lot of the issues these days is because as we became more educated and wealthier as a people; we stopped having as many children and started having them older. We now have huge shortages of young men and women who want to become plumbers, nurses and police officers.

We also have the reality of our parents and others living to huge ages because of advances in healthcare. They are spending more time being active and mobile in the home they raised a family in. As well they are entitled to.

This creates huge challenges. It's an issue facing all Western democracies. Immigration is a partial solution to that, but creates enormous social challenges as well.

Chasing the foreign direct investment money has served us well, but, unfortunately, the demographics aren't going to look after themselves as Mary Lou suggested. You ain't going to be getting a State pension folks.

This resignation by Varadkar is similar to that of Tubridy.

A bit out of the blue.

Is there a scandal coming down the line I wonder just like Tubridy ?

What better lads than the Israelis to dig up some dirt on Leo to soften his cough or perhaps some sting operation.

That would be their style.

Emigrating for a year or two is still emigrating.

”Going on hols” means you don’t earn any income and it less than six months (as visas apply after that).

I was thinking the same. Totally out of the blue. Was he involved in a scandal that will come out in due course? Very unusual to announce his resignment today and it coming totally out of the the blue.

And who is going to be in power ? The opposition is as crap as the government in place right now.

I take Leo's promise to keep working for Ireland in his statement to be a threat to the Irish people.

As he has been against Irish on every thing.

Please Leo stop help Ireland and feck off.

Varadkar meeting Biden a few days ago. There's Joe, 81 years old, going for it again. And Leo, done and dusted at 45. Quite the contrast.

I don't think Varadkar's speech got the airtime it should have here. We often underestimate the influence of our "soft power" in Washington. Varadkar's comments were widely reported on across the world. Not suggesting it will make any difference, but it was a very strong message from a country that does continue to have an influence on US politics.

He is going to transition…he is jetting off to Thailand 🇹🇭 next week to start procedures….the babies will then follow…..🤣

FG are very likley to be in the next govt.

The worry is we haven't invested property in so many areas when we've actually had cash to do so. Our economy is actually very fragile, a massive percentage of our corporate tax is paid by a few massive companies. If even a few of those leave or experience a downturn we are in trouble. Our health, transport, housing etc are not in good shape and I really fear how bad they'll get when another recession hits. FG have pissed away so much money when they had a golden opportunity to really invest in the country.

Also people going on about the 80s. Ye but that was when we had no money. Recent years have seen record tax takes and we still have abysmal public services.