Varadkar becomes first Taoiseach to visit Orange Order

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Irish Prime Minister Leo Varadkar has become the first Taoiseach to visit the Orange Order headquarters. Varadkar made a speech after receiving a tour of the Belfast museum, acknowledging the Order’s “tragic legacy”. He also stressed “the only goal” of the Irish Government is to “respect the primacy of the Good Friday Agreement” and ensure “we don’t return to a hard border”. Report by Swinnertonl. Like us on Facebook at http://www.facebook.com/itn and follow us on Twitter at http://twitter.com/itn