Local election results: Simon Harris will recall that when Leo Varadkar hesitated in 2019 after Brexit deal the electorate had no issue trouncing him at the polls months later
Local election results: Taoiseach Simon Harris said 'The people knew exactly what Sinn Féin were saying, and they didn’t want to buy it.' Photograph: Sam Boal/Collinsleader made all the right noises about his candidates, the voters and the Government going the full term , but at its core his message was at its most energetic when describing the terrible weekend Sinn Féin is enduring in the local elections.’s comments to reporters at lunchtime.
From a mouse in the ballot box to missing diamonds, here are some lighter moments of election weekend It’s hardly surprising that the Taoiseach is revelling in the difficulties of the main Opposition party. Even though the Coalition will lose seats at local level, and still faces a scrap to maintain its overall headcount in theMcDonald insisted earlier that she would welcome a general election in the morning, but internally her party must be wondering what their message to the people would be if one was called.
If, in the final reckoning, the results of these elections and subsequent polling suggest the Government might command 50 per cent or more at a time when momentum is against Sinn Féin, the question may become: why wait?From a mouse in the ballot box to missing diamonds, here are some lighter moments of election weekend
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