Cork carer's confrontation with Simon Harris in election campaign sparked barrage of emails

While some of the reaction was negative towards the Fine Gael leader, at least half of the correspondence sent to the Department of the Taoiseach supported him

The Kanturk video exchange was a major stumble in Mr Harris’ general election campaign running up hundreds and thousands of views across social media. Picture: RTÉ News

Simon Harris received a barrage of emails after a viral incident where he was confronted by a carer in Kanturk during the election campaign.

However, at least half of the correspondence sent to the Department of the Taoiseach supported him with some people saying it had been “overblown”. Others took issue with how Mr Harris handled the incident with one saying the Fine Gael leader had “dug [his] own grave” during the encounter.