Outgoing Taoiseach says he is ‘not interested in any form of ministerial office’
will not serve in Cabinet under a new taoiseach, he said this morning in Brussels as he attends his last European Council meeting.
“And I’m conscious that it is the Easter break and TDs, Senators, Dáil staff will have made arrangements, so if the three leaders ask me, no difficulty personally.” “That’s not to say that somebody isn’t going to throw some allegation at me tomorrow, next week or in a few months’ time that I’m not aware of now that will be a load of rubbish like most of them are and people will then turn around and say: ‘Aha! That’s the real reason’, but that’s not the – like, if you want to do that, fine.”
He said it was a “very significant step I think in the right direction ... to see at long last the European Union has a position that is calling for a ceasefire”.
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