Young FG says call for Varadkar resignation was done without consultation

A statement from the Peter de Loughry branch of Young Fine Gael said Leo Varadkar's position as leader is "untenable".

The youth wing of Fine Gael says a call for the resignation of Leo Varadkar from its Kilkenny branch was posted online without the consultation of members.

The Peter de Loughry branch of Young Fine Gael tweeted on Monday that the organisation's executive had "terminated the branch committee and vacated all of its positions", a day after the branch had tweeted that Mr Varadkar should resign.