Varadkar is a party man

In an interview on Morning Ireland recently, Transport and Tourism Minister Leo Varadkar was asked about ministerial appointments to State boards.

Tue, 01 Jul, 2014 - 01:00

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Minister Varadkar blithely replied that all such sinecures were political and that they (the appointees) were just there to carry out ministerial instructions; shades of his boss, Enda.

It’s time to rewrite Fine Gael’s motto: “Me first, party second, the country nowhere”.

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