Well that’s the last time I’ll offer free advice to Fine Gael. The next time they come looking I’ll make my services available but at a cost.

Timing in politics can be everything. On March 20th, the day Leo Varadkar announced he was stepping down, Simon Harris was the right person in the right spot at the right moment to inherit.

On a recent Faith Alive! programme on Mid-West Radio, in the wake of Leo Varadkar’s resignation as Taoiseach, I made the comment that I thought the response in the Dáil to his final Leader’s Questions was less gracious than it might have been.

Clonbur; a land of green unspoilt pastures. An ever-ending beauty, clear peaceful waters, where the past is protected, the present play freely.

At the age of 59, my dad got his first job. He had worked as a farmer all his life but this job provided him with his first real wage packet and a stamp.

Lorraine Kirrane is almost 20 years in business in Claremorris, a business that came about when she spotted a gap in the market. Lorraine is a hard worker, of that there is no doubt. She began her career at a young age, after having her son Darragh.

After weeks of mounting pressure and internal party tensions, Leo Varadkar has suddenly resigned as leader of Fine Gael and Taoiseach.

Why would anyone do it? Would you do it? Would you encourage your son or daughter, or niece or nephew to do it? To do what? To become a politician that is. What? A politician! Chances are that most readers are recoiling in horror.

In today’s papers (as I write) there’s a report on an investigation by the Garda Anti-Corruption Unit into the activities of a Garda unit based in the Dublin area. Four officers have been arrested and are currently suspended from duties.

Well now. Leo took the whole country by surprise. He even surprised me, as I was looking at his performance on the big stage and was impressed by his humanitarian approach to the tragedy that is unfolding in Gaza.