A test of character for Varadkar - Will he be a chairman or a chief?

SINCE the foundation of the State, we have had a succession of taoisigh with various modus operandi, some prepared to work with those in opposition in a collegiate manner, others preferring to take the confrontational route.

A test of character for Varadkar - Will he be a chairman or a chief?

Political analyst and broadcaster, Brian Farrell, famously coined the phrase “chairman or chief” to describe those

different approaches and this has since been used to assess the leadership styles of taoisigh past and present.

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