Election 2024: Simon Harris is well known nationally but turning that into local votes is the challenge

Incumbent TDs get an electoral bounce. As more than half of Fine Gael's TDs are not running this time, the Taoiseach has an uphill battle to get the new faces elected

Taoiseach Simon Harris canvassing in Ennis on Friday. 

Simon Harris is a national politician.

Don't believe it? Watch him as he moves through any one of the market towns or large villages which have featured prominently in the earliest days of this general election campaign.