Election 2024: Simon Harris meets his 'favourite' Mary Lou on the campaign trail

On one of his first engagements after Monday night's TV debate, Taoiseach shares cupcakes and hugs with Mary Lou. No, a different Mary Lou

Taoiseach Simon Harris with  Mary Lou Nealon while visiting Sligo Rovers on Tuesday. Her dad, local councillor Fergal Nealon, jokes that his daughter was named 'before I joined Fine Gael'. 

After the heated exchanges on the debate stage on Monday night, the last thing you would expect to see is the Taoiseach sharing hugs, laughs and cupcakes with Mary Lou — but here we are.

Of course, it’s not the Sinn Féin leader we’re talking about, but the young girl who Simon Harris dubbed his “favourite” Mary Lou.