Leo Varadkar becomes the new taoiseach - swapping roles with Micheál Martin
- the 1998 deal designed to end 30 years of bloody conflict in Northern Ireland.
Inevitably the responsibility of being in government takes the sheen off most politicians who come to power promising something new. Otherwise there's likely to be a Sinn Féin government in two-and-a-half years time with Mary Lou McDonald replacing him as taoiseach.It took four months to. Under the deal, six senior ministerial posts were each allocated to Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael, and three to the Green Party.
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