Varadkar lays out World Cup dream

Eighteen years have passed since the Rugby World Cup brought a bitterly divided country together and provided an impetus for what would become the ‘Rainbow Nation’.

Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport Leo Varadkar was in South Africa last week for WADA’s anti-doping conference and clearly believes Ireland can further its bid to host the 2023 tournament by adopting a similar tone.

A plethora of facts and figures were flung about by the Minister, starting on RTÉ’s ‘Morning Ireland’ and continuing yesterday afternoon when he spoke to the International Rugby Board’s (IRB) first annual conference and exhibition.