Attendees will receive a hardback copy of the memoir, titled Speaking My Mind
Leo Varadkar
Tickets for an event with former taoiseach Leo Varadkar have gone on sale priced at €51.50.
To mark the release of his memoir, a speaking event with Mr Varadkar is being held in the Round Room at the Mansion House in Dublin.
Mr Varadkar will be joined on stage by Virgin Media political correspondent Gavan Reilly, with the talk scheduled to take place on Sunday, September 14.
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Along with admission to the event, which will feature a conversation followed by a Q&A session, attendees will receive a hardback copy of the memoir, titled Speaking My Mind.
“There is so much people know already about my time at the top but almost as much that they don’t,” Varadkar said of the book.
“I have the freedom now to say things I could not while holding office and I have enough distance to reflect on the mistakes I made as much as what I achieved.”
Leo Varadkar
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The event at the Mansion House is being held as part of a series of summer events hosted by the Borris Festival of Writing and Ideas.
Having been a TD for Dublin West from 2007 to 2024, the former leader of Fine Gael served as taoiseach between 2017 and 2020 and for a second term from 2022 until he resigned in April of last year.
Since stepping away from politics, Mr Varadkar has taken up a role as a guest lecturer at Harvard University’s Kennedy School Centre.
He also secured an appointment to the global advisory board of US public relations firm Penta Group earlier this year.
Speaking My Mind is set to be released on September 11.