FitzGerald’s legacy is secure despite Varadkar’s spectacular own-goal

TAOISEACH Brian Cowen and his party certainly did not distinguish themselves with the cabinet reshuffle during the week, but the contortions of Leo Varadkar helped to take some of the spotlight off the Government. Varadkar pulled off one of the most amazing foot-in-mouth stunts ever seen on the opposition frontbench.

He began with an attack on the Taoiseach for botching the cabinet reshuffle. “The Taoiseach is no Seán Lemass, Jack Lynch or John Bruton,” Varadkar said. “He is a Garret FitzGerald. He has trebled the national debt and effectively destroyed the country.”