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EARLIER THIS MORNING, Micheál Martin submitted his resignation as Taoiseach to the President at Áras an Uachtaráin – formally beginning the handover of the office to Leo Varadkar.
She cites the rising homelessness figures, saying that children are losing their childhoods due to the crisis, She says that the incoming Taoiseach may perhaps surprise her with a wider Cabinet reshuffle “with more dramatic changes that have been that have been expected”. She says that Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael are now essentially the same party and that the two parties “cannot, and you will not stop that change”.
He says that while there are arguments within the Government, there aren’t always losers in these arguments.38 minutes ago 11:16AM Ryan says that the biggest challenge for the next two years and into the next two to three decades will be climate change. “The captains band armband will be passed from one to the other but it will be a similar team,” Ryan says.
Martin says that he has worked closely with both Varadkar and Eamon Ryan and says that a “core respect” has been a key feature for the coalition Government. He says that Varadkar has the three characteristics needed to become Taoiseach: “strength of character”, “courage”, and “restless curiosity”. He says that Gallagher has been “one of the great Attorneys General and that “the range and depth of his legal knowledge is unmatched”.
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