Eilis O'Hanlon: Now he has all the answers, does Leo Varadkar plan to go from pub bore to president?
Weighing in on Irish unity, calling for action on Gaza, writing a memoir and appearing on Ray Goggins' TV show – it doesn't look like the former taoiseach has had enough of public life
Today at 21:30
Stepping down as taoiseach last year, Leo Varadkar said he had no 'definite personal or political plans', but was 'looking forward to having the time to think about them'.
Having since considered all his options, the former Fine Gael leader seems to have decided that the best use of his talents as a communicator is to become a full-time pub bore on the issue of Irish unity, like Christy Moore without the guitar, or Colm Meaney without the Starship Enterprise uniform.
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