Review to look at scrapping €5m Strategic Communications Unit

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has all but confirmed the demise of his much-feted Strategic Communications Unit (SCU), saying it is “distracting” from the work of Government.

Mr Varadkar conceded that a review of the €5m SCU will include looking at whether it should be disbanded.

“It is evident to me, as something established on my watch, we are now at a point that it has become a distraction to the workings of Government,” he said in response to questions from the Irish Examiner last night.