Leitrim statement continues to haunt Varadkar as he backtracks on comments about rural Ireland

As a young Fingal County Councillor in 2005, Mr Varadkar said: “Leitrim is a figment of the imagination and is nothing more than a social welfare scam." The Irish Times this week confirmed comments that Cllr Paddy O’Rourke made on Ocean FM stating that Mr Varadkar said that "Leitrim is nothin
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