Harris gets a frosty reception from Enda as the fog swirls in Tullamore

Taoiseach Simon Harris out canvassing with fellow Fine Gael candidate councillor John Clendennen in Tullamore, Offaly. Picture: Fergal Phillips

A thick fog had descended upon Tullamore on Tuesday afternoon by the time Fine Gael leader Simon Harris landed into the town, with canvassers eagerly awaiting his arrival.

He spun through the town at a blistering pace, after earlier being put through his paces by farmers at an Irish Farmers Association hustings in Bluebell, Dublin.