Bradley Bytes – A sort of political column by Dara Bradley

Former taoiseach Leo Varadkar, the radical Right’s lightning rod for perceived problems in liberal Ireland, was in an unusual position last Friday in Galway – he was praised to the hilt!

Gay and of half-Indian descent, the former Dublin West TD is accustomed to toxicity and hate online. Effusive compliments? Not so much.

But Susan Gray, who founded road safety group PARC, after her husband died in a road accident in 2004, bombarded him with praise at an event in Galway Bay Hotel.

She even made a presentation to the former Transport Minister on behalf of victims’ families, and credited Varadkar for saving lives on roads.

Among his achievements, she said, were mandatory intoxicant testing at fatal crash scenes, penalty points for........

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