Politics

After nearly 13 years in office, Fine Gael is tired and showing all the scars of war

Leo Varadkar is fed up of the narrative that his party is facing an exodus as eight TDs and two MEPs prepare to step away from politics

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is fed up with the narrative that his party is facing an exodus. ‘I would point out that people retiring from the Dáil isn’t a new phenomenon’

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar is getting slightly fed up with the narrative that Fine Gael is suffering an unprecedented exodus of sitting politicians ahead of the next election.

“I would point out that people retiring from the Dáil isn’t a new phenomenon. Just have a look at the last election, which wasn’t a great one for us as a party, but we elected a whole load of new TDs,” Varadkar told reporters last week.

“Renewal is ...