I’m not Irish, but it’s great to see him finally gone.

This is the best summary I could come up with:

Ireland’s Taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, has announced he is leaving office, sending a shockwave through Irish politics with just months to go before European elections.

Irish media first reported that a “political earthquake” was on the way just an hour before a noon press conference, following an early morning cabinet meeting.

Varadkar’s resignation comes less than two weeks after the shock “no” vote in a twin referendum that had been expected to abolish outdated constitutional provisions relating to the definition of the family and women’s role in society.

The surprise vote against the proposed changes was widely blamed on a flaccid government campaign resulting in apathy and low turnout.

Varadkar has served two spells as Taoiseach since the last Irish election as part of a power-sharing coalition deal with the country’s other long-established mainstream party, Fianna Fáil.

His tenure has obliged him to respond to numerous major issues, including Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic and a far-right riot in Dublin.

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