Varadkar calls for ‘economic honesty’, as parties differ over pensions, climate

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has told his party that if Fianna Fáil and the Greens do not agree to reduce the State’s debts in coalition, then maybe it is better “not to go into government with them now”.

The warning from the Fine Gael leader comes as the coalition talks hit shaky ground over climate action, pension reforms, and transport as a deadline for a deal slips even further away.