Tag: Taoiseach

• Friday, February 21st 2020 - 08:30 UTC

  Ireland unable to form government: resigned PM, is acting as interim leader

  

  Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar resigned on Thursday but stayed on as interim leader while the country's three main parties battle out coalition talks after an inconclusive election.

• Friday, April 5th 2019 - 08:43 UTC

  Merkel in Dublin declares Germany is “a strong and unwavering ally of Ireland”

  

  German Chancellor Angela Merkel has said Germany will stand with Ireland “every step of the way” over Brexit. She was speaking following talks in Dublin with the Taoiseach (Irish prime minister) about the current deadlock.