According to a report, Simon Harris will become Ireland’s taoiseach on Tuesday. Reportedly, he has been a minister in the government of Ireland since 2016, serving as minister for higher education, research, innovation and science and has been a td for the Wicklow constituency since 2011. According to the report, Mr Harris first became involved in politics as a 15 year old when he lobbied to get children with autism spectrum disorders to be integrated into mainstream education. Reportedly, he began in fianna fáil but later joined fine gael. According to the report, he innitially studied journalism and french but dropped out after the first year.
Reportedly, Mr Harris takes over from Leo Varadker who has predicted irish unity in his lifetime but Mr Harris does not want to make this a priority. According to the report, he said, we have a peace process on this island but it is also a frosty peace, I don’t believe we’ve seen the full potential across the island of Ireland through the framework of the Belfast agreement.