Varadkar to Face Irish Housing Crisis in Second Stint as PM
- Premier’s role being swapped under 2020 coalition agreement
- Martin becomes foreign minister with N. Ireland on agenda
Leo Varadkar
Photographer: Damien Storan/PA WireThis article is for subscribers only.
Leo Varadkar took over as Ireland’s prime minister, or Taoiseach, for a second time on Saturday as part of a coalition deal struck after the 2020 election, with an urgent housing crisis at the top of his agenda.
The Fine Gael leader was elected by the country’s parliament with 87 votes to 62 and appointed to the role by the president following the resignation of Fianna Fail’s Micheal Martin. He’ll preside over the second half of a parliamentary term shared between the two historic rival parties with support from the Greens.