Alison O'Connor on the Canvass: Voters in Cork quiz Tánaiste on pensions, homelessness and crime

Alison O'Connor joined Simon Coveney as he canvassed at Douglas Court shopping centre in Cork over the weekend.

Simon Coveney has a good laugh when asked if he might now legitimately be viewed as an “emotional support Tánaiste” to the self-confessed poor expresser of emotions that is his boss the Taoiseach Leo Varadkar.