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No prosecution for Varadkar over GP document leak
- Ireland's deputy first minister Leo Varadkar will not face prosecution over passing confidential documents to a friend
- Mr Varadkar apologised in 2020 for "errors of judgement"
- He said he was "pleased at the outcome" of the investigation
T谩naiste (Irish deputy prime minister) Leo Varadkar will not be prosecuted after being investigated for passing a confidential agreement with one medical organisation to a rival one.
The incident took place in 2019 when he was taoiseach (prime minister).
Mr Varadkar previously told the Irish parliament he gave a copy of an agreement between the government and the Irish Medical Organisation to Maiti煤 脫 T煤athail in April 2019.
Mr 脫 T煤athail was the president of a rival GP association.
Mr Varadkar described Mr 脫 T煤athail as a friend but "not a close friend" and apologised in 2020 for "errors of judgement".
However he also told the D谩il (Irish parliament) there was "nothing selfish, corrupt, dishonest or illegal in what I did".
Ireland's Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) decided that no charges would be brought against Mr Varadkar or anyone else.
In a statement on Wednesday Mr Varadkar said: "I have always maintained that the allegations made against me were false.
"I am pleased at the outcome of what was a very thorough investigation".
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