Elaine Loughlin: The signs were there all along that Leo Varadkar was about to bow out
'See you later in the week', the Taoiseach had said to journalists at the luggage carousel in Dublin Airport on Monday morning...
Heather Humphreys and Paschal Donohoe provided their departing leader Leo Varadkar with a supportive pat on the back after his emotional resignation speech. Picture: Leah Farrell/RollingNews
"See you later in the week," said Leo Varadkar as he passed a number of journalists at the luggage carousel in Dublin Airport on Monday morning having flown home overnight from the US.
None of us expected we would be facing the now departing Taoiseach just over 48 hours later as he made the announcement of his political career.
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