Six-week scorecard makes mixed reading for Leo

A month and a half in, the new Taoiseach is tentatively feeling his way into the job – but big challenges are looming into view

It has been six short weeks since Leo Varadkar took over as Taoiseach, but he has so far avoided the temptation to hide behind his desk in Government Buildings. He has been on the cover of Time magazine, and been interviewed by RTE’s David McCullagh on Prime Time and the retiring Vincent Browne on TV3.

In truth, for Varadkar, media interviews were always going to be easy. His rise has been accelerated by ...