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Paint-splattered Leo Varadkar celebrates Indian festival: The rain did not dampen the spirits for those who attended the colourful Hindu festival of Holi in ...
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Paint-splattered Leo Varadkar celebrates Indian festival: The rain did not dampen the spirits for those who attended the colourful Hindu festival of Holi in ...
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Paint-splattered Leo Varadkar celebrates Indian festival
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Tributes to mother and daughters who died in Mayo crash: Tributes have been paid to the mother and two daughters who died in a traffic collision in Co Mayo ...
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Tributes to mother and daughters who died in Mayo crash
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Tributes paid to talented musician (25) killed in crash between car and lorry: Tributes are being paid to a talented musician who was killed in a car crash in ...
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Indian shares set to open little changed in final session of fiscal 2024: Indian shares are likely to open little changed on the final trading day of the ...
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Indian shares set to open little changed in final session of fiscal 2024
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Popular Indian food blogger without a stomach passes away - News | Khaleej Times: The 50-year-old 'Gutless Foodie' shared delectable recipes on Instagram despite ...
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Refusal to allow in adequate aid to starving Gazans is ‘criminal’, Tánaiste says: Micheál Martin was speaking at the launch of the national risk assessment which ...
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Refusal to allow in adequate aid to starving Gazans is ‘criminal’ ...
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Oberstown children paint a brighter future with gardaí: A mural created by young people at Oberstown Children Detention Campus and members of An Garda Síochána ...
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Oberstown children paint a brighter future with gardaí
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India’s Submarine Saga: Without timely replenishment, India could end up with a submarine fleet similar to that of Pakistan.
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India’s Submarine Saga
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Sinéad O’Connor’s daughter sings Nothing Compares 2 U at New York tribute: Róisín Waters was joined by several artists honouring O’Connor and Shane MacGowan at ...
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Sinéad O’Connor’s daughter sings Nothing Compares 2 U at New York tribute
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Anja Murray: Mad about March hares - and the case against coursing: Considerable opposition exists to hare coursing today — the idea of catching a wild animal ...
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Anja Murray: Mad about March hares - and the case against coursing
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Low-paid PhD students: ‘I work three part-time jobs to make ends meet living in Dublin’
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Low-paid PhD students: ‘I work three part-time jobs to make ends meet ...
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Eleven dead, thousands affected as Cyclone Gamane batters Madagascar: Houses washed away and roads destroyed after cyclone hits north of the Indian Ocean island.
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Eleven dead, thousands affected as Cyclone Gamane batters Madagascar
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Down the rushy glen – Brian Maye on poet, diarist and editor William Allingham: His letters and diaries provide a vivid insight into Victorian literary culture
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Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds: Dogs are able to understand that some words refer to objects in a way that is similar to humans ...
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Dogs can associate words with objects, study finds
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Thousands attend pro-Palestine demonstration in Dublin: Former Ireland rugby player Tony Ward was among the thousands of people calling for a ceasefire in Gaza ...
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Thousands attend pro-Palestine demonstration in Dublin
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I don’t have children, and I never will, and I wouldn’t change that for the world
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I don’t have children, and I never will, and I wouldn’t change that for ...
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India’s Income Inequality Is Now Worse Than Under British Rule, New Report Says: A new report finds that the present-day golden era of Indian billionaires has ...
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India’s Income Inequality Is Now Worse Than Under British Rule ...
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International body names asteroid after Indian scientist Professor Jayant Murthy in ‘rare honour’
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International body names asteroid after Indian scientist Professor Jayant ...
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New Jersey firefighters rescue yellow Labrador stuck in spare tyre: Rolling coverage of the international stories of interest to our readers
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New Jersey firefighters rescue yellow Labrador stuck in spare tyre
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India's Swiggy records $200 million loss, document shows, as it plans IPO: Indian food delivery giant Swiggy recorded a $200 million loss for the nine months to ...
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India's Swiggy records $200 million loss, document shows, as it plans IPO
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Ireland set for youngest-ever PM after Simon Harris wins leadership of governing party
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Quick Glance: Leo Varadkar: A Populist Who Struggled with Real People
  • In May 2002, a young party activist analyzed the defeat of Fine Gael under Michael Noonan, emphasizing that none of the former leaders were the expected messiah for the party.

  • Leo Varadkar's political legacy comprises valuable contributions, but he was never seen as a savior of the party. His ability to navigate contradictions made him a skilled politician, but he ultimately realized he couldn't balance on the political tightrope indefinitely.

  • Varadkar was described as a politician who straddled conservatism and an increasingly progressive society. Despite his rapid rise in politics and popularity during crises, he struggled to address long-term challenges in areas like healthcare and housing.

  • His popularity peaked during the Brexit crisis and the COVID-19 pandemic, where he was seen as a unifying and authoritative leader. However, he failed to effectively tackle long-term structural issues in Ireland, especially in healthcare and housing, as his neoliberal views did not offer compelling solutions.
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the final: A win in Miami may see Bopanna get back to the world No 1 spot.
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Tennis, Miami Masters: Rohan Bopanna and Matthew Ebden through to the ...
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Séamas O'Reilly: Every Irish character in Irish Wish has the wrong accent or nothing to say
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Reconfigured St Helen’s Wood four-bed for €1.095m: Semidetached home has been adapted and extended to 160sq m
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Reconfigured St Helen’s Wood four-bed for €1.095m
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Trabolgan holiday village enjoys record revenues of €10m due to Government Ukrainian business
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Trabolgan holiday village enjoys record revenues of €10m due to Government ...
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Medicine-resistant infections the biggest risk facing Ireland, experts warn: The next biggest threats are a pandemic, cyber attacks and disruption to critical ...
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Medicine-resistant infections the biggest risk facing Ireland ...
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Woman raises more than €500k since first Daffodil Day: Hundreds of volunteers around the country are taking part in Daffodil Day, with the society aiming to ...
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Woman raises more than €500k since first Daffodil Day
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Names of Troubles victims to be read aloud for final time: The names of all of those killed during the Troubles will be read aloud at a special service in Dublin ...
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Names of Troubles victims to be read aloud for final time
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Bank of Ireland app: Some phone users may not be able to acccess account after update
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Bank of Ireland app: Some phone users may not be able to acccess account ...
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Finn McRedmond: Britain’s narrow stereotype of the Irish could not make sense of Leo Varadkar
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India protests German remarks on opposition leader's arrest: India summoned a German envoy on Saturday to protest against his government's remarks about the ...
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India protests German remarks on opposition leader's arrest
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NDTV Indian Of The Year: "Actor Of The Year" Vikrant Massey Recalls When Smriti Irani Recommended His Name For A Show
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