Politics

Leo Varadkar to meet with Northern leaders in last major job as Taoiseach

Varadkar will formally resign as coalition leader on Monday evening

Varadkar said it was an honour to end his tenure as taoiseach by attending the first meeting of the North South Ministerial Council in almost three years. Picture: Sasko Lazarov/© RollingNews.ie

Ministers from both sides of the Irish border are to convene for the first meeting of the North South Ministerial Council in almost three years.

The meeting will be the last major political engagement for Leo Varadkar as Taoiseach.

The gathering in Armagh comes hours before he formally resigns as coalition leader when he meets the president of Ireland Michael D Higgins in Dublin on Monday evening.

His successor at the top post in Fine ...