Ireland could elect its first gay prime minister

Ireland could soon have its first openly gay prime minister. Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant, is the favourite to win a ruling party vote.

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    Ireland could soon have its first openly gay prime minister.

    Leo Varadkar, the son of an Indian immigrant, is the favourite to win a ruling party vote.

    His political achievements are sign of huge generational change in the once staunchly Catholic country.

    Al Jazeera’s Neave Barker reports from Dublin

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