Simon Harris has become the de facto leader of Fine Gael and is set to become the next Taoiseach as nominations close this afternoon.
Nominations for leadership of the party closed at 1pm, with the Minister of Further and Higher Education the sole contender for the role.
He will be nominated as Taoiseach officially by a member of his party, after which a vote will be held. “I want to take that can-do approach to getting things done to renewing our party to injecting a level of energy,” he said. His potential rivals – Simon Coveney, Helen McEntee, Paschal Donohoe and Heather Humphreys – had also all announced they would not be contesting the leadership race.
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