Leo Varadkar says partner Matt is ‘delighted’ he’s stepping down as Taoiseach

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Leo also admitted the gruelling work schedule that comes with being An Taoiseach had started to wear on him saying: 'it can’t be forever and I don’t want it to be forever'

Leo Varadkar shared his partner Matt Barrett’s reaction to his bombshell announcement on Wednesday, that he is stepping down as Taoiseach and head of Fine Geal.

“Matt’s delighted. This life was never really for him,” Leo told journalists in Brussels where he is for a European Council meeting. “For as long as I’ve been in politics there have been people who don’t believe me even when often I’ve been the only person telling the truth or one of the few people telling the truth.“There’s no one thing. I appreciate the need for journalism to have ‘a thing’ or a moment but in real life it’s often not like that.

 

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