'Inevitable' Varadkar will leave politics if Fine Gael go into opposition, says senator

The spotlight on Mr Varadkar’s leadership of Fine Gael comes following poor polling, as well as a series of retirements by TDs within the party.

Fine Gael TDs and senators have had a mixed reaction to Taoiseach Leo Varadkar’s refusal to say whether he will remain as leader if the party enters opposition after the next general election.

Speaking in Seoul in South Korea on Thursday, Mr Varadkar was asked twice if he would give a commitment to remain as leader of Fine Gael if the party went into opposition.