Who is Ireland's most popular politician on TikTok? 

Simon Harris, Clare Daly, Michael Healy-Rae, Richard O'Donoghue, Neale Richmond, and Mick Wallace among biggest users of social media platform at Leinster House

Higher Education Minister Simon Harris, a regular user of social media, is by some distance the most popular Irish politician on TikTok, with 91,000 followers. 

A Fine Gael minister is by far Ireland’s most popular politician on social media site TikTok — but in party terms, Sinn Féin is the dominant force, with the most followers 

TikTok, which allows content creators to post brief videos of original material, has exploded in popularity in recent years and has become a key political battleground in other countries — notably with regard to Russia’s campaign of disinformation regarding the invasion of Ukraine.