Chasing rainbows is fine, but Simon Harris will need to be a fighter too

LET’S make a decision and stick to it. That decision is to believe that our still relatively new Minister for Health is going to bring about positive and real changes in our health service, writes Alison O’Connor

Simon Harris does not have much senior political experience on his side, but he does have youth and enthusiasm and, dare I say it, a bit of gumption along with those.

He’s a man in demand, and this week he addressed the Parnell Summer School. To read parts of that speech would make one almost splutter at his apparent naivete.