Leo Varadkar's Surprise Resignation as Ireland's Prime Minister

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Leo Varadkar's Surprise Resignation as Ireland's Prime Minister
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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has announced his resignation as the leader of Fine Gael and as Taoiseach, citing personal and political reasons. He expressed that a new leader would be better positioned to lead his party and the governing coalition into the upcoming elections. Varadkar will remain as a constituency TD for Dublin West and stated that he has no definite personal or political plans at the moment.

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