Varadkar blasts fools, clowns, and jailbirds

They say people in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones. But, from the second floor of the National Convention Centre in Dublin, Leo Varadkar couldn’t resist hurling these insults at the opposition parties.

As the crowd protesting the household charge outside the Fine Gael ard fheis swelled, Mr Varadkar was tucked away among his own supporters at a discussion forum on transport services.

After thanking grassroots members for their work for the party, he paused and said he would like to spare a moment for the opposition.