Leo Varadkar will return for a second term as Ireland’s prime minister under the terms of a coalition deal agreed in 2020.
Mr Martin submitted his resignation to Irish preisdent Michael D. Higgins this morning.
Micheál Martin has been taoiseach since 2020, after an election that led to an historic coalition deal between Fianna Fáil party and Mr Varadkar’s party Fine Gael.The government faces a number of complex issues, including spiralling energy costs, a housing crisis, difficult post-Brexit relations with the UK and a struggling health care system.
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