Leo Varadkar said he wanted to stay leading his party and to become taoiseach againLeo Varadkar, the tánaiste, said yesterday that he intends to remain as Fine Gael leader amid speculation that he could replace Phil Hogan as Ireland’s representative on the European Commission. Mr Hogan, who was trade commissioner and would have played a significant role in the forthcoming Brexit trade talks, resigned on Wednesday following a week of controversy caused by his attendance at a golf function in Galway last week. Valdis Dombrovskis, the commission’s executive vice-president, has stepped up to take over Mr Hogan’s position temporarily. Ursula von der Leyen, president of the commission, asked Micheál Martin, the taoiseach, yesterday to submit one man and one woman as candidates to succeed Mr Hogan. Mrs Von der

Source: The Times August 27, 2020 23:03 UTC