we start in irland where the prime minister leo vardkar hasjust resigned. the prime minister leo vardkarcement, mr varadkar described his period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. let's listen to him announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings a short while ago.

we start in irland where the prime minister leo vardkar hasjust resigned. the prime minister leo vardkaran unexpected announcement, mr varadkar described his period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. let's listen to him announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings a short while ago. i know this will come as a surprise to any people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decision. i know that others will, how shall i put it, cope with the news just fine. that is the great thing about living in a democracy. there is never a right time to resign high office, however, this is as good a time as any. are 2024 is done, negotiations have not yet commenced on the next one, the institutions of the good friday agreement are working again, and our trading relationship with the uk in the post—brexit era is settled and stable. the new taoiseach will ha

vardkar has resigned.od leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election

we start in ireland where the prime minister leo vardkar has resigned. in an unexpected announcement, mr varadkar described the period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. i know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decision. i know that others will, how shall i put it, cope with the news just fine. that is the great thing about living in a democracy. there is never a right time to resign high office, however, this is as good a time as any. budget 2024 is done, negotiations have not yet commenced on the next one, the institutions of the good friday agreement are working again, and our trading relationship with the uk in the post—brexit era is settled and stable. the new taoiseach will have a full two months to prepare for the local and european elections and up to a year before the

we start in ireland where the prime minister leo vardkar has resigned.l step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael.

vardkar has resigned. in an unexpected announcement mr varadkar described the period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. shortly i'll speak to one of our chief presenters in washington caitriona perry who used to work for the irish broadcaster rte and who has followed leo varadkar since his early days, but first, let's listen to mr varadkar announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings earlier today. i know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decision. i know that others will, how shall i put it, cope with the news just fine. that is the great thing about living in a democracy. there is never a right time to resign high office, however, this is as good a time as any. budget 2024 is done, negotiations have not yet

the irish prime minister leo vardkar has resigned.ribed his period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. lets listen to him announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings a short while ago. i knew that one part of leadership is knowing when the time has come to pass on the baton to someone else and then having the courage to do it. that time is now. so i'm resigning as leader effective today and will resign as taoiseach as soon as my successor is able to take up that office. i've asked our party general secretary and executive council to provide for the new leader to be elected in advance on saturday the april 16, thus allowing a new taoiseach to be elected when it resumes after the easter break. i know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decis

turning to ireland where the prime minister leo vardkar has resigned.r described the period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest pm in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. let's listen to mr varadkar announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings earlier today. i know this will come as a surprise to many people and a disappointment to some, and i hope at least you will understand my decision. i know that others will, how shall i put it, cope with the news just fine. that is the great thing about living in a democracy. there is never a right time to resign high office, however, this is as good a time as any. budget 2024 is done, negotiations have not yet commenced on the next one, the institutions of the good friday agreement are working again, and our trading relationship with the uk in the post—brexit era is settled and stable. let's speak to fionnan sheahan, ireland editor at the irish in

the irish prime minister leo vardkar has resigned.ed announcemnet, mr varadkar described his period leading his country as "the most fulfilling time of his life". he will step down before the next general election in the republic of ireland. mr varadkar became ireland's youngest taoiseach in 2017 when he became leader of fine gael. lets listen to him announcing his resignation from the steps of government buildings a short while ago. i spoke to drjennifer kavanagh, a lecturer in constitutional law at the south east technological university. she talked me through the reaction to varadkar�*s resignation. even though he is only a5, he did say many years ago he wouldn't still be in politics at 50. so he's been very successful. he's been elected twice. so he's done better than the vast majority of leaders of senegal, even at such a young age. but i suppose he has now he is now in the office for the second time. we don't know when our general election is going to be. it should be sometime before march of next year. there is local and europe