Justin Trudeau offers advice on finding gender balance to Leo Varadkar

The Taoiseach has sought the advice of Canadian prime minister Justin Trudeau on how to achieve a gender balance in politics.

While Leo Varadkar said there are different interpretations of feminism, he claimed that if it equates to equality between men and women “then I’m a feminist”.

Mr Varadkar wants to increase the number of female Fine Gael TDs to 20 after the next general election in a bid to introduce gender equality in the Dáil.