Simon Harris

The change came into effect from midnight Fuel prices in Ireland are set to drop from today as the Government confirmed a new package of emergency measures, which aims to ease pressure on people and businesses. This €250 million package is in response to the recent, much-publicised surge in fuel prices due to the ongoing […]

4 months ago

The Irish Government has revealed exactly by how much the excise duty on diesel and petrol will be reduced. The Government has confirmed a new package of emergency measures, which aims to ease pressure on people and businesses. This €250 million package is in response to the recent, much-publicised surge in fuel prices due to […]

4 months ago

Mr Harris’ wife and children were in the home at the time. A man in his 50s has been arrested in connection to a bomb threat made on the home of Taoiseach Simon Harris in June. The threat was made just after 6pm on Wednesday, 26 June, while Mr Harris’ wife and young children were […]

2 years ago

Mary Lou McDonald described his absence as an ‘absolute disgrace’. Mary Lou McDonald and Sinn Féin have slammed newly-appointed Taoiseach Simon Harris for not coming into Dáil Éireann on his first full day in the job. Harris succeeded Leo Varadkar in the role on Tuesday (9 April) but has been heavily criticised by the Sinn […]

2 years ago

The new university will be based in the South East. Simon Harris has announced that a new technological university is to be set up in 2022. The technological university is coming after an application from IT Carlow and Waterford IT in April of this year. The Minister for Further and Higher Education, Research, Science and […]

5 years ago

“It is absolutely appalling that public health doctors advising Government would be targeted with abuse for doing their jobs in the middle of a pandemic.” A number of government ministers have said they were “sickened” to hear about “abusive” phone calls made to Chief Medical Officer (CMO) Dr Tony Holohan and Deputy CMO Dr Ronan […]

5 years ago