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Irish leader Varadkar to resign, as parliament fails to find new leader
By Angela Dewan and Peter Taggart, CNN
Updated 2209 GMT (0609 HKT) February 20, 2020
Ireland's leader Leo Varadkar casts his vote at a polling station in Castleknock, Dublin on February 8, 2020.
(CNN)Irish leader Leo Varadkar has told parliament that he will resign on Thursday night, after suffering a crushing defeat in a parliamentary vote. No clear successor has emerged from the process to lead the country.
Varadkar said he would stay on as caretaker leader after he tenders his resignation to Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
Ireland had been in political deadlock since general elections on February 8 ended with no single party winning a mandate to govern. On Thursday, newly elected representatives in parliament voted on candidates for the next taoiseach, equivalent to a prime minister.
Irish leader Varadkar to resign, as parliament fails to find new leader
By Angela Dewan and Peter Taggart, CNN
Updated 2209 GMT (0609 HKT) February 20, 2020
Ireland's leader Leo Varadkar casts his vote at a polling station in Castleknock, Dublin on February 8, 2020.
(CNN)Irish leader Leo Varadkar has told parliament that he will resign on Thursday night, after suffering a crushing defeat in a parliamentary vote. No clear successor has emerged from the process to lead the country.
Varadkar said he would stay on as caretaker leader after he tenders his resignation to Irish President Michael D. Higgins.
Ireland had been in political deadlock since general elections on February 8 ended with no single party winning a mandate to govern. On Thursday, newly elected representatives in parliament voted on candidates for the next taoiseach, equivalent to a prime minister.
