Labour leader Brendan Howlin criticised the meeting with Mr Orbán, accusing him of stoking "right-wing populism and anti-migrant sentiment". Mr Varadkar defended his meeting with Mr Orbán saying there will be people who say he shouldn't meet other world leaders, including some from the EU. Mr Varadkar said he raised Ireland's support for the EU burden sharing policy in relation to taking in refugees with the Hungarian leader. Mr Orbán has been a critic of this plan and told the Taoiseach why the migration issue is important to Hungary for historic reasons. Mr Varadkar will travel to Bulgaria today to meet prime minister Boyko Borissov.

Source: Irish Independent January 05, 2018 02:32 UTC