Taoiseach Leo Varadkar accepts 'comprehensive' defeat in referendums

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has said that the electorate has given the government “two wallops”, admitting that it has been “defeated comprehensively” in the Family and Care referendums. 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. Read more: Providing open access to valuable journalism. Support our work so we can keep questioning, debunking, explaining and informing