Leo’s U-turn on child’s right to a mum and dad

Just four years ago, Health Minister Leo Varadkar told the Dáil: “Every child has a right to a mother and a father and as much as possible, the State should vindicate that right. That is a much more important right than that of two men or two women having a family”.

That was a clear, profound statement that left no ambiguity.

Fast-forward to last Sunday morning and his Confiteor to Miriam O’ Callaghan and the subsequent chorus of chirps and tweets from the usual quarters.