As Taoiseach from June 2017, then Tánaiste and minister for enterprise, trade and employment between June 2020 and December 2022, and Taoiseach again since, Leo Varadkar has presided over a period of global economic upheaval and his government’s top task has been to manage the social consequences for Ireland’s population. In his resignation speech, Varadkar said: “Working with colleagues, I have had the honour of helping to lead Ireland from unemployment to full employment, from budget deficit to budget surplus, from austerity to prosperity, through a pandemic in which we saved lives and livelihoods, and through Brexit when we prevented…

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