# Simon Harris

Yesterday

26th July 2024

Social Welfare

Increased data sharing on asylum seekers’ social welfare will ‘ensure system is applied fairly’

9 hrs ago

5.9k

loggerheads

Proposing female commissioner at this stage would be 'unfair' on Michael McGrath, Taoiseach says

13 hrs ago

10.5k

This week

21st July 2024 - 27th July 2024

Mr Harris goes to Paris

Taoiseach says ‘diverse and inclusive’ Irish Olympians give ‘great hope to young people’

25 Jul

10.0k

payment changes

Over 20,000 Ukrainian refugees to have social welfare payments cut from September

24 Jul

53.6k

Autism Innovation Strategy

Government to approve new Autism strategy and increase number of college places in therapies

24 Jul

9.7k

budget 2025

Budget income tax and USC options laid out for government in new report

23 Jul

19.6k

Friendship

Biden was 'voice of reason' amid global crises - Taoiseach

21 Jul

10.6k

Slainte

After pints in Chequers, what next for the British-Irish bromance?

Ireland and the UK are friends again, and they’ve got the hangover to prove it.

Rónán Duffy

21 Jul

14.8k

Last week

14th July 2024 - 27th July 2024

Sinn Féin

McDonald calls for government to 'move beyond condemnation' and engage with Coolock residents

20 Jul

12.0k

Michael McGrath

Taoiseach takes ‘gender equality seriously’ but backs decision to only nominate McGrath for Commissioner

19 Jul

12.0k

bonjour

Plenty of nods to Churchill as Keir Starmer woos European leaders at grandiose Blenheim Palace

The meeting of the European Political Community is taking place at the birthplace of Winston Churchill.

The EPC was the brainchild of France’s Emmanuel Macron and 47 leaders are in attendance.

Starmer has vowed to be a “friend and a partner” to European allies.

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban is also in attendance after visiting Vladimir Putin in Moscow earlier this month.

Rónán Duffy

Updated 18 Jul

15.3k

Relationship reset

Harris and Starmer toast relationship ‘reset’ over pints with UK PM Ireland visit set for Sept

Updated 17 Jul

33.9k

inheritance tax

Doherty says Harris seeks to 'favour those coming into large wealth' with inheritance tax change

17 Jul

25.3k

The Daily Poll

Poll: Are you happy with Simon Harris' first 100 days as Taoiseach?

17 Jul

39.1k

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UK-Ireland relations

Taoiseach to travel to Chequers to meet Keir Starmer for first time after UK election

17 Jul

4.0k

stepping down

Leo Varadkar confirms he won't stand in next general election

Varadkar said the ‘time has come to explore new options and opportunities’ and that he never viewed himself as a ‘career politician’.

16 Jul

31.1k

153

asylum seeker accommodation

Coolock violence 'not an issue of community engagement', Taoiseach says

Updated 16 Jul

13.0k

Family Home

Taoiseach says inheritance tax changes deserve consideration in run up to October's budget

16 Jul

52.2k

Coolock

Taoiseach Simon Harris condemns ‘reprehensible’ and ‘criminal’ actions in Coolock

15 Jul

10.7k

Belfast

Taoiseach says Government open to increasing funding for Casement Park

14 Jul

12.4k

108

National Day of Commemoration

President Higgins lays wreath at 'poignant' commemoration ceremony in Dublin

14 Jul

9.1k

This month

July 2024

flying visit

Taoiseach embraces Ukraine's Zelenskyy at Shannon Airport and vows to travel to Kyiv

13 Jul

41.4k

Dubai

Tori Towey 'elated' as she arrives home to Ireland after Dubai authorities drop charges

Radha Stirling, founder of the Detained in Dubai group, said Tori is 'super excited' to be home.

Speaking to The Journal, Stirling said the Irish embassy 'escorted her all the way through the airport and made sure she got on that flight'.

Mary Lou McDonald welcomed 'the end of this nightmare' but remarked that it 'raises fundamental questions around the treatment of women in Dubai'.

Updated 11 Jul

53.8k

Leaders' Questions

Doherty asks why quarries and block manufacturers weren't pursued over defective blocks

11 Jul

16.1k

UAE

Charges dropped and travel ban lifted for Irish woman Tori Towey in Dubai

The Irish embassy in the UAE will bring her to the airport to travel home as soon as she is ready, the Taoiseach said.

Updated 10 Jul

61.8k

nikki bradley

New senator says misuse of disabled toilets must end with roll out of access keys

10 Jul

22.7k

Court Case

Taoiseach 'satisfied' that 'scuffle' involving FG Senator 'will never happen again'

10 Jul

26.2k

Thalidomide

Government apologises to thalidomide survivors

9 Jul

6.8k

new to the seanad

Motivational speaker Nikki Bradley appointed to the Seanad to replace Regina Doherty

Updated 9 Jul

17.9k

UK-Ireland relations

'Step-by-step': Taoiseach says Govt won't immediately drop case against UK over Troubles Legacy Act

7 Jul

11.1k

Chin Wag

Harris and Starmer agree 'closer relationship' between Dublin and London 'needed' in first call

The newly-appointed Prime Minister invited the Taoiseach to visit him on 17 July.

5 Jul

15.7k

Irish-UK relations

Harris to speak to Starmer 'in coming hours', says he wants relationship to go from 'strength to strength'

5 Jul

7.4k

Grand Canal

Fences will continue to be erected along canal if more tents appear, says Waterways Ireland boss

4 Jul

10.3k

Interest Rates

Harris tells lenders he wants to see cost of mortgage repayments fall 'as quickly as they rose'

3 Jul

16.3k

Road Deaths

Spate of fatal crashes a 'stark reminder' of dangers on roads, says Taoiseach

Updated 3 Jul

11.4k

Louth

Up to 200 jobs at risk as medical tech plant to close in Drogheda

3 Jul

12.9k

Courts

Use of rape survivors’ counselling notes as evidence in trials to be outlawed, says Taoiseach

2 Jul

15.3k

Leaders' Questions

What counts as 'affordable' housing? Taoiseach and Mary Lou McDonald clash on meaning in Dáil

2 Jul

29.1k

Last month

June 2024

Grand Canal

Grand Canal fencing to be removed 'within weeks', says Harris

30 Jun

15.4k

Defence Forces

'Thank God for Natasha O'Brien': Taoiseach calls for zero-tolerance approach to gender-based violence

30 Jun

12.1k