Taoiseach Leo Varadkar accepts 'comprehensive' defeat in referendums
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Published 2024-03-09
Varadkar was speaking to reporters in Dublin Castle this afternoon, saying that that the government accepts the result and “accept responsibility for the result”.
“It was our responsibility to convince a majority of people to vote Yes, we’ve clearly failed to do so,” he said.
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All Comments (21)
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Get him out 😡😡😡😡
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You should resign
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You Bad man! Complete waste of tax payers money, 23 Mill down the drain...
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I would call him a traitor were it not for the fact that he never had any loyalty to this country to begin with.
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That shower has got a lot more wrong than just this.
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He owes us €23,000,000.00
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From the man who need 5 counts to be elected
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This wasnt just a no vote on the referenda. It was a no vote against the neo liberalism that has ideologically captured this government. You and your government got trounced by the sovereign irish. We are the defenders of our constitution.
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So then why don't FF/FG/Greens pay back the cost of this unwanted referendum?
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The two faced fork tongued serpent does not accept it, he has to begrudgingly tolerate it.
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Immigration ref next please
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Our next referandum should be to bring back St Patrick: there's still a nest of them in Leinster House.
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"It was our responsibility to convince the majority of people to vote yes" Why? Why is that your responsibility? This does not sound like "respecting the result"
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You need to sort down there was no lack of understanding your are not putting Irish people first you are putting European demands first
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Leo definitely folds his socks
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He doesn't accept a damn thing and certainly won't respect the wishes of the Irish people. He'll ram his wishes through regardless.
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Funny how RTE turned off comments on their video. Ridiculous...
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HAPPY MOTHERS DAY EVERYONE, THIS DAY IS A LOT MORE IMPORTANT TO US THAN WOMENS INTERNATIONAL DAY ,ASKING US MOTHERS TO VOTE OURSELVES OUT OF THE CONSTITUTION WAS CRAZY ,YE THOUGHT WE WOULD FALL FOR IT , WOMEN CAN WORK PART,FULL TIME OR FULL TIME AT HOME WHATEVER SUITS THEM THIS LAST 50 YRS ,
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Weasel
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He is looking inert and stupified.
