Leo Varadkar says ‘gardai wants to talk to me’ after a woman threw him a milkshake in Dublin park

LEO Varadkar has said that the Gardai want to talk to him after a woman threw a milkshake at him in a park this afternoon.

The Tanaiste was filming with camera equipment when a woman approached them and threw the drink at him before fleeing.

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When asked about the incident at tonight’s briefing, Leo said: “I was in Merrion Square filming a video to explain to the people of Dublin some of the decisions that were made today.

“The good news is that we finished it before the incident happened, so it will be published later tonight.

“When I saw her coming towards me, I actually thought it was Avril Lavigne at first because she had a skateboard and everything, but unfortunately it wasn’t.

“She also had a shake that ended up all over my face and up to half of my suit, but look, I had a spare suit and I just went about the day job.

“I haven’t talked to the gardai yet, but I think they want to talk to me, but it will be next week.”

GARDA PROBE

The incident occurred in Merrion Square in Dublin. Gardai is investigating the incident.

A garda spokesperson said: “Gardaí is investigating an incident that occurred in Merrion Square today, 09/18/2020, at approximately 3pm.

“Investigations are ongoing.”

Several people have taken to social media to comment on the “unpleasant” moment.

One said: “Leo Varadkar may not like him, he may criticize his policies, he may disagree with him, but this is unpleasant and unnecessary.”

Former Fine Gael TD Noel Rock wrote on Twitter: “Jesus, this is kind of spicy, regardless of your political point of view.”

Someone else wrote: “What a horribly rude thing to do to Tánaiste Leo Varadkar.

“This is an attack on our democracy, not him. It was reportedly coffee, but it could have been anything, including acid. We need to better protect our politicians.”

LAST CASES

Meanwhile, three more people have died from Covid-19 in Ireland.

The Health Department has also announced 253 cases of the coronavirus.

Now there have been a total of 1,792 Covid-19 related deaths and 32,271 confirmed cases.

Of the cases reported today, 143 are men and 108 are women.

45 percent are confirmed to be associated with outbreaks or are close contacts of a confirmed case.

61 cases have been identified as community transmission.

116 of the cases are in Dublin, 22 in Kildare, 14 in Cork, 14 in Galway, 13 in Donegal, 10 in Limerick, 10 in Louth, 9 in May, 8 in Waterford, 7 in Wicklow and the remaining 30 cases are localized. in Carlow, Cavan, Clare, Kilkenny, Laois, Longford, Meath, Monaghan, Offaly, Tipperary and Westmeath.

Dublin will move to level 3 starting tonight, Taoiseach Micheal Martin announced tonight.

The restrictions will be in effect for the next three weeks.