Profile: Varadkar goes forth after an eventful year
Against the odds, Varadkar has survived the last 18 months despite leading a minority government whose continued operation is reliant on the goodwill of an opposition party that has grown increasingly restless
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Name: Leo Varadkar
Age:39
Appearance: tall, besuited
Newsworthiness: the Fine Gael leader has completed his first full year as head of government and is now set for at least one more
On January 18, Leo Varadkar will turn 40. The last 18 months of his 30s have been life-changing because when you become Taoiseach, your day-to-day life is altered radically. Varadkar’s time is now rarely his own; instead, his diary is a ...
