Leo Varadkar has shared a picture with long-term partner Matt Barrett and wished everyone a happy Valentine's Day.
The couple have been dating since 2015 and nowadays live together in a house in Dublin.
But to celebrate the big day, the Tanaiste posted a picture on Instagram of him and his partner in Rome in a throwback.
Mr Varadkar said: "An old photo at the Bocca della Verità 'mouth of truth' in Rome. According to legend it will bite your hand off if it’s not true love. Only lost one finger. Happy Valentine’s Day everyone."
Matt comes from an education background, with both his parents taught as primary school teachers and encouraged him to speak Irish at home, which he revealed in an interview he did for TG4.
Barrett graduated from UCD School of Medicine in 2009 and completed his MRCPI in 2011, before going on to complete his specialist registrar training in clinical cardiology 2016.
He began working as a UCD and RCPI lecturer in clinical cardiology that year.
Mr Varadkar’s personal life rarely makes the media headlines, but in his run for Taoiseach he mentioned that “Matt is just a very special person.
"Someone who is unconditionally on my side, which is always great.
“He is the kind of person who has made me a better person.
“Matt is definitely cleverer than me, which occasionally I can find intimidating.”
