Alison O'Connor: Leo Varadkar making rookie mistakes as he feels pressure of the polls

What’s your strategy, Leo, what outcome were you hoping for? Are you simply desperate?

Leo Varadkar’s public remarks about Finance Minister Paschal Donohoe’s position as head of the Eurogroup caused a furore in Fianna Fáil.

There has been no mention of the war as our most powerful politicians knock heads together on how best to disperse the billions involved in next week’s budget.

That’s according to a very well placed Government source, not referring to that war, the one where Russia has invaded Ukraine. Rather, it is the unedifying spectacle of Tánaiste Leo Varadkar trying to publicly shame Fianna Fáil into allowing Paschal Donohoe stay on as Finance Minister in order to retain his role as President of the Eurogroup.