Varadkar has "sympathy" for Trump's administration when he criticizes the media

The Taoiseach launched a scathing attack against Irish journalists saying that he had "sympathy "for the current US administration in its animosity towards the media.

million. Varadkar was addressing twenty Irish-Americans in New York at the home of the Irish consulate Ciaran Madden.

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"It was a very obscure territory;" it was the part where he agreed with Trump that was the most shocking, although I am pretty by sure that he does not name Trump. Lunch involved a roundtable discussion with Taoiseach answering questions from guests who have been described as "young Irish people doing interesting things in New York."

million. Varadkar criticized Irish political correspondents who, he said, spent more time "gossiping" on unimportant issues.

He said, "Twenty years ago you were in the fray, there were some journalists at Leinster House who did their best."

Now they are all trying to compete for and there's more to it than there is TD, "he said, was the way he said it really shocked me" he says "they spend more than time to worry that one or the other will get a story that they will not have. "

And basically" the reporters have spent more time chatting and not to check the stories, "said one of the badistants.

He then stated that "there were never any consequences for the journalists who were wrong."

"I think he was really trying to show just how much things" I also think that he was trying to be a bit funny but ended up being socially awkward; 19659004 In response, a government spokesman told Independent.ie that the conversation had been "taken out of context" and that it was "private" and "broad".

"The Taoiseach believes that a free, fair and balanced press is the cornerstone of our democracy," they said.