Leo Varadkar will have to be at his best as he refocuses on real issues like Brexit

Irish politics has been in a state of flux since the unusual general election of February 2016, writes Jim Power.

Leo Varadkar will have to be at his best as he refocuses on real issues like Brexit

The support of independents and the ‘confidence and supply’ arrangement between Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil that has kept the Government alive has been very hard to take for the traditionalists, but more fundamentally, it has not exactly created an environment conducive to strong, decisive and brave policy making.

Its most memorable moment, to date, was the attempt by three independents to visit North Korea and restore peace and stability to the world.

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