Embattled small business minister unlikely to lose job, says Varadkar

Transport Minister Leo Varadkar has insisted that embattled Fine Gael colleague John Perry has “done nothing wrong”.

Mr Varadkar said that the small business minister had his “full support” and he did not expect him to lose his job.

Mr Perry has six weeks to repay loans of €2.47m after he consented to judgment being entered against him and his wife at the Commercial Court over the debt. Failure to repay the loans could mean Mr Perry facing bankruptcy, a move that would see him unable to remain a TD.