Leo Varadkar: Enda Kenny ‘will decide in his own time’ when he wants to go

Social Protection Minister Leo Varadkar has insisted now is not the time for Taoiseach Enda Kenny to be forced from office as a rumoured backbench Fine Gael TD no confidence motion in the party leader appeared to be shelved last night.

Mr Varadkar made the comment after a week of increasing questions over when the Fine Gael leader will step down, sparked by a series of controversies for the party last week.

Speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics after the Somme commemoration events at Kilmainham, Mr Varadkar said despite Fine Gael suffering “a bad week, absolutely”, the Taoiseach should not be pushed from power.