Offering sweet stuff on Leo Varadkar St

When it comes to the dirty game of politics, all tactics are deployed, writes Elaine Loughlin.

And it was case of blinding them with fancy buns and hipster coffee as Leo Varadkar formally announced he would be putting himself forward to become the next leader of Fine Gael.

Calling a media briefing on Leo Avenue, just off Leo St, located in the Dublin constituency of his birth — which he was keen to point out — a laid-back Leo sauntered down the red-brick-terraced street clutching a tray of coffees.