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Simon Harris

September 2024

  • Diarmaid Ferriter

    Starmer’s warmth is welcome – but Ireland’s appetite for shifting to British whims has waned

    Diarmaid Ferriter
  • Keir Starmer and Simon Harris shake hands in Farnleigh House in Dublin

    Keir Starmer optimistic for ‘deep’ reset of relations with Ireland

  • British prime minister speaks alongside taoiseach during press conference on first official visit

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    Starmer says time for 'deep reset' with Ireland in Dublin visit – video

  • The bike shelter at Leinster House in Dublin.

    Irish PM says €336,000 cost for parliament bike shelter is ‘inexcusable’

July 2024

  • Simon Harris and Keir Starmer offer a toast with pints of Guinness while seated in garden chairs

    Starmer vows to repeal Troubles legacy act in first meeting with Irish PM

    PM and taoisech Simon Harris seek reset in UK-Irish relations on eve of UK-hosted European Political Community summit
  • Volodymyr Zelenskiy (L) with Kier Starmer

    Zelenskiy expected in UK for meeting with European leaders

    Exclusive: Talks at Blenheim Palace will centre on Ukraine, security and democracy
  • Defence secretary John Healey meeting Ukrainian defence minister Rustem Umerov during a visit to Odesa.

    Politics live with Andrew Sparrow
    Defence secretary announces new military aid package for Ukraine – as it happened

    John Healey announces fresh package as he visits southern port city of Odesa

May 2024

  • Ireland, Norway and Spain to recognise Palestine as independent state – video

    Ireland, Spain and Norway announce plans to formally recognise a Palestinian state on Wednesday, amid warnings from Israel that recognition will 'fuel extremism and instability'

April 2024

  • Simon Harris flanked by ministers in Government Buildings in Dublin

    Ireland plans to send asylum seekers back to UK under emergency law

  • Simon Harris (L) and Pedro Sánchez (3rd left) among other EU leaders meet in Warsaw, Poland, on 11 April.

    Irish taoiseach and Spanish PM to discuss Palestine nation state plan

  • People applaud as taoiseach Simon Harris looks on after receiving a majority parliamentary vote in Dublin, Ireland.

    People in Ireland: what are your political hopes for new taoiseach Simon Harris?

  • Simon Harris waving

    Simon Harris pledges ‘new energy’ after becoming Ireland’s youngest taoiseach

  • Europe live
    Dáil confirms Simon Harris as Ireland’s new taoiseach – as it happened

  • Leo Varadkar has ‘no regrets’ as he officially resigns as Irish taoiseach

  • ‘Always in a hurry’: the rapid rise of Simon Harris, Ireland’s ‘TikTok taoiseach’

March 2024

  • Simon Harris

    Simon Harris to become Ireland’s youngest prime minister

    Higher education minister will become taoiseach in April after shock resignation of Leo Varadkar
  • Tommie Gorman

    Shy, complex and a political outsider: Leo Varadkar confounded the Brexiters – and everyone else

    Tommie Gorman
    He lacked the gifts to succeed in the bearpit of Irish politics, yet did. And he escapes the battle that looms for his successor, says journalist Tommie Gorman

    • Simon Harris confirms he will run for Irish PM as party rushes to back him

    • The Guardian view on Leo Varadkar: he stood firm against Brexit’s threat

    • Leo Varadkar steps down as Irish prime minister in shock move

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