{"id":414100,"date":"2026-04-23T21:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/414100\/"},"modified":"2026-04-23T21:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-04-23T21:11:09","slug":"factfind-was-leo-varadkar-right-about-urban-areas-paying-the-bills-in-ireland-the-journal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/414100\/","title":{"rendered":"FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas \u2018paying the bills\u2019 in Ireland? &#8211; The Journal"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizAFBVV95cUxOenl0REprbzFIYlFmY0tYMjFHU01VTldtcUZIYzdjc3F1a0dKREVYQUY4TGdTOTd3eHNhLWRSR2lBWXVYOTNIR21PWUZsVFpsQmMxMUJQR2pPOTROOEJuenBPTzl1S2FzN3NDVUZfWE1nc05pekF5M0ZQRmZhZlFUWUJKYVJneUlsc2FGaEd6VG4tZVIwZk9JOU5SV0RaR0F2U2RHU1U0MHg4a0hDRkpEVWE2ZC02amc5MHFKLS1UaVZTaTJ5MkRFd2JsblQ?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas \u2018paying the bills\u2019 in Ireland?<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Journal<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMieEFVX3lxTFA1ZkFVWGtqMFJCcmRvT01JV3RzMWN1THV0YWp1cGVYOXE1SkpUNll6bk8wWGEtMDBpY0ltaWszbktjV1RfNlVJbmdaZmNKMXBIZE1rSFdEaHBGdUdoSVlZdDlXSjFsM0ZRS1ZMVnJ2ZGZSUktFNzI4dw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Varadkar says he went too far with rural Ireland comments<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;RTE.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMitAFBVV95cUxQMTk5Z1d0WkZjSWxsaE5ZZDZPd2J4ek8waVZTQ2Z0b0JNekhSMkhhUHM2cndpUVliODI4R29NbjY5clppRG91NF9TQ3BKMU14aHpRRDBtOC1HcUNXNHFRWHRNczNoSW9BSF9veTJZVnNmRUM2LTV4RHhiYVVJenNtNlVEUXVEZ1RIZzRwaU5BM3NRdnJobk9Ed2wzUm1vTTlDT2RIdlQxSW5RNmNFUXQzcFBMV1U?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Mask slipped in farming lobby\u2019s reaction to Varadkar remarks<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Times<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMivwFBVV95cUxOV0ZZS0w3QXZnSFhySHMtak80M2xYRXBiX0V5NlF6NmhibEtaOVVxNG1IcDJJRERMbUpJNnVPMDJnRDlYQjNVUks4YkRHN1dRZE9iUHJBOUFibXJpWDkxTG56LXRCNnNIaHFwNzUwWUtMaktDYWJhMTYyTVRKYnFWTndfLUFYaDFkOVpWM1lKMGxfVS1tR1VXVFlBWjlLTnJkQ0NMOVJTYkstMWZuM3FNWGZrZzZTbUV0VVByakVDaw?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Varadkar says he \u2018over-stated\u2019 comments on rural Ireland and issues apology<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;BreakingNews.ie<a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMizwFBVV95cUxPM0VoWGlqNWRIdm9aM1A1RkVQbDZrejlPVjA1aEJoQkhCRzZuZU9vVjZlSVV3Z2tqR0lSbGxNanplMXdqRlExQTZZUUcyLVRFbzBrTWlUbXpfb0dHTlpnUFRfblpHX0hlLTBjczE5QkUzcHhiQTVfOEJ0MFIyV3JrOWNFdS0tWG82WVJpclBkNndIY3ZqTE14NUVLSEtodXQ3WFVGMUd0WVRfbmtNVkNlWVVFcDhsRFEzVm5TbmI3cU4wby1GR3FzQ29jUGliOEU?oc=5\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Letters: Leo Varadkar must drop the bully-boy stance and learn some humility<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;The Irish Independent<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FactFind: Was Leo Varadkar right about urban areas \u2018paying the bills\u2019 in Ireland?&nbsp;&nbsp;The JournalVaradkar says he went too&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":414101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[46,1485,615,4990,15689,42,25524,3581,43,21674,5066,40,38,41,39,159898,81511],"class_list":{"0":"post-414100","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-cork","9":"tag-donegal","10":"tag-dublin","11":"tag-economics","12":"tag-factcheck","13":"tag-headlines","14":"tag-leitrim","15":"tag-leo-varadkar","16":"tag-news","17":"tag-rural-ireland","18":"tag-tax","19":"tag-top-news","20":"tag-top-stories","21":"tag-topnews","22":"tag-topstories","23":"tag-urban-areas","24":"tag-wealth-transfers"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=414100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/414100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/414101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=414100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=414100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=414100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}