New Fine Gael taoiseach will have comfortable majority, backed by seven Independent TDs
Now, while Leo Varadkar resigned as Taoiseach in the Áras last night, he is still the Taoiseach and will be until Simon Harris wins a majority of the votes in the Dáil in support of his nomination. Once that happens the Dáil will adjourn and Mr Harris will head off to the Áras himself to be presented with his seal of office by the President Michael D Higgins.
As our Political Editor Pat Leahy has noted, the ministers are shuffled in and out of the new Taoiseach’s office, having been summoned by his staff to come across from Leinster House to Government Buildings via the so-called “bridge of sighs” – an elevated glass walkway between the two buildings.
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