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Higher education minister will become taoiseach in April after shock resignation of Leo VaradkarSimon Harris will become Ireland’s youngest prime minister after the leadership race in his Fine Gael party ended without any other candidates coming forward.The leadership became vacant after the taoiseach, Leo Varadkar, announced his surprise resignation “for personal and political reasons” last week. Continue reading...

What appeared to be relatively low-stakes amendments could turn into embarrassing defeat for governmentWhen the Irish government announced it would hold two referendums on International Women’s Day it billed the votes as opportunities to embed inclusivity and equality in a constitution dating from 1937.Voters will on Friday be asked to delete article 41.2, the so-called “women in the home” provision, and enshrine two proposed...