Irish - Politician | January 18, 1979 -
Mum is from West Waterford, Dungarvan. She's a farmer's daughter. She's a nurse. She left home very young - I think she was 18 - and went off to train as a nurse in England. My dad is from India, just south of Mumbai. He was one of the first in his family to go to college, and he went to England in the '70s; he emigrated there.
Leo Varadkar
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Around the world, people look to Ireland as a country where it doesn't matter where you come from but where you want to go.
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Prejudice has no hold in this Republic.
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Often, the people who speak loudest about republican values are the least when it comes to honouring them.
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In a time of global uncertainty, rising terrorism, and enormous threats to peace, it's right that we as a country should now seek to extend our diplomatic footprint overseas.
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I keep my private life to myself, and that's going to continue.
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Those of us who are in the centre believe in opening up to the world, believe migration on balance is a good thing if it is managed properly, and believe that multilateralism is the best way to solve problems.
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I pledge as Taoiseach to use my office, for as long as I hold it, to advance the cause of LGBT rights, to press for marriage equality across Ireland, to speak up for LGBT rights around the world where they are under attack, and to push for the implementation of the sexual health strategy here at home at a time when it is more important than ever.
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I've realised that doctors can only help change a certain number of patients, but a Minister of Health can really change things.
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It's the middle class; it's middle Ireland, and it's a group of people who often feel that they contribute a lot to the economy and a lot to society, but maybe they don't get as much back for it as they should.
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I consider myself pro-life, as I accept that the unborn is a human life with rights, and I do not support abortion on request or on demand.
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My difficulty with the whole right-left construct is that I don't think it describes modern politics or the modern choices that people face in the world.
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