Irish Examiner view: Varadkar row must be resolved

The Tánaiste says he did nothing illegal but acknowledges that he made an “error of judgment” to help improve patient services

Tanaiste Leo Varadkar does not deny he passed details of a draft contract with the Irish Medical Organisation across to an associate, Maithiú Ó Tuathail, then heading a rival doctors’ association. Picture: PA

The investigation into whether Leo Varadkar, taoiseach-in-waiting, committed a criminal offence in leaking a confidential government document about GPs’ contracts in April 2019, has proceeded at a glacial pace for the scale of the matter. It is time it was brought to a conclusion.

He does not deny he passed details of a draft contract with the Irish Medical Organisation across to an associate, Maithiú Ó Tuathail, then heading a rival doctors’ association.