Taoiseach set to address rise of the far right at annual Michael Collins oration

Simon Harris becomes only the third serving Taoiseach to address the annual commemoration

The late Tommie Gorman delivered last year’s oration at Béal na Bláth to mark the 101st anniversary of the death of Michael Collins. Picture: Brian Lougheed

Taoiseach Simon Harris will deliver the annual oration at Béal na Bláth in Co Cork on Sunday honouring the anniversary of Michael Collins’s death and is expected to use his speech to refer to the rise of the far right, immigration, and the need to do "the right thing". 

In accepting the invitation, Mr Harris wrote to the organising committee saying it was an honour to be asked to deliver the keynote speech.