Politics
The 13 things Simon Harris can learn from the Kenny and Varadkar eras
The incoming Taoiseach will be the third leader of Fine Gael in almost 22 years. Changes need to be made from his predecessors
Fine Gael has had just two leaders – Enda Kenny and Leo Varadkar – in nearly 22 years, a remarkable record given the party’s willingness to chop and change its leader in the previous decade, or engage in leadership challenges that failed. Which means that the vast majority of the parliamentary party electorate has known nothing else – with knowledge of what happened under the likes of Garrett Fitzgerald, Alan Dukes, John Bruton and Michael ...
