Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has admitted he can be “too blunt” as he acknowledged his comments indicating that the grass is not always greener abroad for Irish emigrants could have been phrased better.
However, the Fine Gael leader insisted that he stood by the point he was making when he was asked about young people moving abroad.
The new Taoiseach has regularly found himself in hot water with the public over straight-shooting comments.
